This is an analysis of the poem The Chase that begins with:
Quick, fly to the covert, thou hunted of men!
For the bloodhounds are baying o'er mountain and glen;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcc cXdEXccEc aaaaff gghhggii ffddaacc ccjjXbbaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,6,8,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001011001 1010110101011 010110011010 110011010010 11011111011 101011101111 101101011111 11101101001 11011111101 1 1 10 10 1 1 10 1 111110011010 111010110010 11001011001 11101101101 01101111011 01011001011 11001101011 01001011001 01011001101 11101011001 110010011011 11001011001 11101101011 101011001001 101101011111 11001011001 11011011001 11001001001 10101111101 11001111001 11011011011 11111001001 0111111001 10100111001 11011001011 101101101001 11111001111 101011001001 1100110111001 01001001001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your, to, shame 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 The Chase;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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