This is an analysis of the poem Fidelis that begins with:
You have taken back the promise
That you spoke so long ago;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXded fXdXbcfc adddccbc ghghhdad eibicdgd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101010 1111101 10101111 1110101 1111111 1110101 10101010 1010101 10110110 1110101 10111110 1111000 11001111 1110101 11011110 1111111 11110110 1111101 1100111110 1010011 11101111 1111101 10101111 1111101 00111110 0110011 100111110 1010001 10101010 1111111 00101110 1111001 010111110 1111101 11111011 1101111 111111011 1101111 11111110 1001111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, it are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Fidelis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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