This is an analysis of the poem Fragment that begins with:

Descriptive of the miseries of War; from a Poem
called 'The Emigrants,' printed in 1793. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbX cdbeXcdcceXfgdechieiajiecXcabbccjbfbgecc dXbfebh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,40,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01000100010010 111001001 0011011101 0101000111 1101100101 1101000101 0101011101 1101010001 0011111101 1101100100 1101011101 01010111001 0101010101 0011010101 11110001001 1101010001 1111001101 1011110101 0111110111 0101100101 0101010101 0101010101 1011010011 01010101001 11000101001 11001010101 1101000101 0111011101 0101010101 010010 0101110100 1101010101 0101011001 1101010101 1101011101 0101010001 1011010111 0101110111 1011110101 10111101001 1111010101 11110010001 10010100101 10011010101 0100111110 0101110100 1100011011 10110101101 1101010011 0101110101 11000110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 727
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, her, his, all are repeated.

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

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

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