This is an analysis of the poem Outcast that begins with:

Perchance for dear Life's sake - and life is sweet -
When work had failed and roads were deep in snow,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cXccXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111111101 1111110101 10111101111 1101000111 0111000101 1101011001 1111110101 1111010001 1101010101 110110001100 1011111111 10110010111 01010111000 0101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Outcast;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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