This is an analysis of the poem The Scapegoat that begins with:
We have all of us read how the Israelites fled
From Egypt with Pharaoh in eager pursuit of 'em, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbXaXXcdaXbeXf aaegggXhiiXX jjkkggghfcf XcXcaXdXaa bbbaadddXjjjlgbbXkXXaXcX ggggdgXXXmggnnkkaaXX ggnnkkXbeb oobbeeXnXdXnXggggnXXXnnnXn mclcXlnllXagXggg aaXblXhXllccXac lXcbbggbcXggg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,12,11,10,24,20,10,26,16,15,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111011101011 0100100100100 1101101110010 1010110101001000 0101111101100 1110110110011 111110010010 11001010101100 1101011011 0100100100101 0101111001 111010010101000 110110110110 11011010101111 111010010010 1100100100100 110100111 10001111001 100110111 111111101 1101101101 01001001101 1111011011011 011111110010 11101001001 01001011101 011110011100 1111100111000 11001101000100 0110101110100 10101100111 111011011011 1110110110101 1100110100100 11111011111 011010010010 110010010110 11101101111 1011010110010 011111110110 10110111011 110010110010 101101010110 11001101001 101001100110110 01101111101 011110010110 010111101010 111011010010 0101101011 01101001101 11011011001 1100101001 101101101 101011001001 01001001101 1100110101101 1110100001010 0101110100100 1100101100100 1100111100100 101001011001111 11001101001 1101011100111 01001001000111 001001101010 101001011001 010010110110 1100110010110 1100111011001 01001010000110000 1011111101 011110010011000 010010101 100110101 111111001 110011110010 1101111111 111011011110 011110110100 0110101101010 1110110100010 11010101001 01001111001 11001001001 11100111101101 0111101110101 1100101001 11101101001 1011010110010 110111011110 1110100100101 0111111011010000 110110111100101 0110111110111 101011111001 11101001001 01001001000111 0110110101111 1101111101110 1101110101111 10110111111 1111010111011011 01011001001 101001011001 1101100101111 0100101110111 01101001111 11001011101 110011111100 110111110010 111010111110 1001100111011010 0011110110100 1111111001 011010110111 11011011001 11011011001 11011101011 11001001001 011110011010 10001011000 110011110010 100110110010 0101111111 11011111001001 1011011111111 110010011100 1101110010010 0100101101 0111100111100 1101111001 101011101001011 011011010010 10100100101111 1110111001 0100101101100 1100111011 11011001001010 10110111101 10111100101010 110111010100 111001111001 01011111001 101101111001001 011111001 01011001001 11111111001010 0101101110101 01111011111 110010110010 011011110010 01101111101000 01101101001 01111011101 111110110110 1010010110010 111010110110 110110110011 0101100100100 10 010010010100 111111010110 010110110010 1101101100010 111011101001 11101001011 01011011111 111110010010 11001011001100 1101101111 110011110010 110010011010
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 812
- Average number of words per stanza: 142
- Amount of lines: 174
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, 'em, and, sins, all, run, on, you, he, they, his, in, them, nor are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, in are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him, again, light, you, them, it are repeated).
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- summary of The Scapegoat;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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