This is an analysis of the poem The Coward that begins with:
He found the road so long and lone
That he was fain to turn again.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaabcbbcccdccddcecceefgfXXgdaddaahihhiicjccjjfeffeebcbbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 60,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 11110101 01110111 10010101 01010101 11011111 11011111 01011101 11011101 11110101 101000111 01110111 01110101 01111101 11011111 01011101 01011111 11010101 10011101 11110110 11111001 11011111 11110101 11011101 11011101 11010101 01110101 011100100 0100100110 11001101 01110111 01011001 11111101 01011111 11100101 110101001 1111101 11110101 01011101 11111101 10100101 11010101 11111111 10110001 11011111 01111111 11010101 01001101 11110111 01001101 11011111 11010110 11110101 10011101 11110111 11011001 11111101 11110101 11010101 11000101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2158
- Average number of words per stanza: 417
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, that, he, had are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, with, how, the, her, he are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase he connects the lines.
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- summary of The Coward;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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