This is an analysis of the poem Another (Ii) that begins with:

As loving hind that (hartless) wants her deer,
Scuds through the woods and fern with hark'ning ear, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbXddeeddfcggbXhhcciifffcjjaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101110101 1101110101 10010011111 0101110111 1111011111 0101110110 1101111101 0101110010 1101011101 1101110001 0100011101 1111010100 11110100111 1011011101 0101010111 0101011101 1101010111 0101111111 1101111101 1101010110 1101110101 1101011111 1101011111 1111011111 0111111101 1011110111 1101010111 0101111111 0101111111 1111010111 1101001101 1101111101 11011101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1502
  • Average number of words per stanza: 274
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; i, my, thy, one are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Another (Ii);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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