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

Hark for'ard, hark for'ard, hark for'ard, to hills where October
Lingers awhile in his vesture resplendent yet sober,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff ffXfXffaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110110011010 10010010010110 110010010010110 00110010110010010 110110110010110 011011111010110 1011010110110010 1011010010011110 110110110010110 1011011110010010 1010111011011110 1011110010110110 110110110111010 110010011010110 101011101001010 0110011111010010 111011011010110 010110110011010 111011110010010 010111110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hark, for'ard, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word hark 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 them is repeated).

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

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