This is an analysis of the poem Afar Off that begins with:
1.
Is it a will o' the wisp, or is dawn breaking,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abab X acac X cdcd X cccc X eaea X fgXg X cdcd X eaea X XgXg X hfhf X iXif X jkjk X hdhd X klklX X amam X akak X kckc X inin XXdldl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,5,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 000010110110 1101011101 00111111110 0111111101 1 11110101010 0101110101 00011111010 1111110101 1 01010111010 1101010101 11111111010 1011011101 1 11010101010 1010010111 01010111010 0111111101 1 1111111011 1111010101 11111111011 1101110101 1 11110101011 00110011111 110111011100 1101110111 1 11011101010 0101001111 10110111010 1111011011 1 11111110111 11110100111 10110111111 1101111111 1 11111101010 1111010101 110011111011 11110011001 1 11011011010 0101010101 11010101010 1110110101 1 11010101010 01011101000 11110101010 1111010101 1 11110110010 1111001101 11011101110 1101010101 1 11010101110 0111011001 01011101010 0100101101 1 11110101010 1011110111 11001111010 1001111111 1 1 11111101110 1111000101 11110010010 1111011101 1 11111101010 11110111010 11111101110 11110010010 1 11011101010 0011110111 01111101010 01001110101 1 10010100010 1111111111 11110111010 1111111101 1 100110011011 0101010011 111110011101 0111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 38
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; have, and, no, with, to, we, why are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, and, no, a, oh, why are repeated.
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- summary of Afar Off;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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