This is an analysis of the poem Macbreath that begins with:
A Tragedy as Played at Ryde**
Macbreath Mr Henley... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaab c deXb bfghg d fh f cbXbgigjgfb eb jcXXjdkbXlbiejcgjbcX X cj ceg m fdcnj meca o oma fXb d bgdgb dd a i k ddbjb Xa beXj nXlfcX dcpppcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,5,1,2,1,11,2,20,1,2,3,1,5,4,1,3,3,1,5,2,1,1,1,5,2,4,6,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001111 1010 1010 01 11 101010010 101011010101010 101101101010010 110100010 10111001 01011011010 0101001 1001001 110111 101101 100111110101 0101001101010001 101110 101101 1101010001 1101010101 1111011101 1111110101 0111011101 1101010101 0100010111 0110101101 1111011111 0100110101 1011010111011 1111011111 1011010101010 101110101 0111101111 01 101001 10010 1111100101 110111111101 101111110 010101011100101 00110 101 1101011001 1101110100 1101010011 0111110101 11110111010 1011011101 0101111101 01010111 11 10101 1100101 101111011011 110110101 1101011101 10110 11010111 0101010101 0110111101 01010101001 11010 10101010 11011111 10010 10100101100 10101 101111010101 1101100100 11011111010 1001011 1101111111 1111010 10111 1001101110100 1101111101 111010101 0100010100 0111010101 100101111111 111011 10011010 1011 1001100010101 1011010111110 11010001010 01110101010 11010111010 0111 1001100101010 101001110 1011110 1111011101 1110011101 111100 101101 101111110 1101111101 111001101001 11110010110110101 11111111 101101110100 11001101111 10110011111 1111011111 110011111 10111101001 1101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 30
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 109
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; in, i, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ghost is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines pledge is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase death connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Macbreath;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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