This is an analysis of the poem The Anarchist that begins with:

THE dawn hangs heavy on the distant hill,
The darkness shudders slowly into light; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddcaaaaeffebddbghhg biibbbbbjkkjjccjlbblmggm gjjgbbbbnXhnjhhjgjjgiooX ohXonjjmgbbghgghpjjpjddj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,24,24,24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111010101 0101010001 1001010001 0111110101 1011010111 0101100101 1011110101 0101010101 1001010101 1101110101 01001110001 1111011101 0110010101 0001111101 11011110111 1111001111 1101110101 1100010001 1101010101 0100011001 11010010111 0111000111 1100110101 0100010101 1101010011 01110000101 0101110001 1101011001 0101111101 0101011100 1011010111 0111010101 1001000100 0101010101 1101010101 11110011100 0101110001 1101110101 0100010111 0100110001 11010001110 1011110111 1111111111 11110111010 1100010100 01010101001 10010010101 11010010100 1111011011 01001010101 1101010101 1101110101 0111111101 1101010101 0011110101 0101010101 1011110101 110101000 1101111110 1111111101 1001010111 0101110111 1011010101 0101010101 1101111101 0111011011 1101110101 0101011111 0111110101 01001011111 11110111001 1101010101 10011010101 0011111111 01110101110 1101110101 1111010111 1101010101 1101001101 0101010100 1101001101 01001111111 1101110101 1101011101 1101010111 1100110101 1101010111 01001110111 11100101101 0111010011 1101010111 0111010001 1110110111 1101000111 1011000101 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 190
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; not, his, her, he, and, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, his, she are repeated.

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

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