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

A man once read with mind surprised
Of the way that people were "hypnotised"; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbccXcdd eaaaffcceXbbggaX hXaaiijjkkddllXjcX eaaajjcclldXXX ejXjccmmhhhhkkiieX XaaaddkkccffffllddjjXcmXXaacccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,16,18,14,18,31,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01110101 0011100100000 110110110 010111101 01110101 110111101 11011110100 101110111 110000110101 111100011 11 101010101 100111101 0100100101 101110101 1011110101 01011101011 010100101 111100101 1010100101 1111100101 110110101 110101101 1100110101 1111100101 11101001010 11 101010010110 010101101 100111111 111101101 1100100101 111111101 1010100101 111110101 1101001101 1010010111 1010100111 1111100101 111101101 1011101110 1100111111 1010100101 10101001010 11 1010101011 010111111 100100101 11111110 010010011 110101111 1100100101 011010101 110101101 1001101111 1010100101 0010010101 11111101110 11 1011100111 010101001 1101000101 110101101 1101100101 011100101 1101010101 011010101 111101111 110100101 010101101 101100101 010110101 1010111111 0101001001 1010111101 001001010100 011 1010111111 01010111 010100101 01010011001 110100101 1111100101 110100101 11100100101 1010101111 1101110101 1111000101 110110101 010011101 111110100 111101101 111100101 1011100001 1101110101 1100110101 110100101 1111110101 111101101 11110110100 010111111 010001101 111100101 1110010101 1110101101 1100111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 110
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, i, but are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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