This is an analysis of the poem The Seer that begins with:
Somewhere or other, 'tis doubtful where,
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc bbddcc ccbbeX Xb fXggeX ccXehX cciiXX ccBbXe Bbhhhh bbccbX bbaaXi XgjjbX iikkii bbccfX ccbbbb XXXXXX ddddXX bbggXe hhggdd bbbbhX aakkXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,2,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111101101 00110100101 01011011111 11111111111 11001011101 11011001101 101001111001 111001011111 101001101101 0010011010001 101001101011 101011001101 10001001011 101011011011 11111011111 110010001001 10001011101 111011101001 11101111110 1101111101011 101001011001 101001101011 01001001001 001101101111 10111110101 001001011001 11011001101 01011011001 11101000101 1111101001001 11011001001 1011110010010 101001111001 00100110101 111011001011 101001101001 101111111101 111011001111 101011011001 1000101001001 001001101001 001011011001 111001000011 110001111001 001001101001 11101111011 11101111001 101001011001 11101011001 01011101011 10111011 101101101001 101001111011 101010001001 101011101101 11111011011 001001010001 01011111001 1111111101 11001011111 111011010011 11011111111 11011001011 11001101001 11101111001 11011011101 11101011111 1111011111 11001001001 101101011011 100101111101 111110110001 11101011001 0111000101 01101101101 11001011001 101111101101 001101101001 101011001001 101101011111 01011001111 1011010100101 101101111001 101101011101 11111111001 101001001001 110110110110 101111111111 101011101011 111010101110 110111011001 1110101111 11011001101 111001111101 11110111010101 011001101001 111101101111 1101011111011 11110000101 111001001111 001001101001 10110010011 11111001001 101111101001 101011101011 101101111101 101101001011 101011101010 101001111010 111111011111 101001111111 1101011001 1101001111 101101111011 11011011111 01101101011 11101001111 11001001101 01101011001 11101011111 001011011111 1111011110111 11111011001
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 127
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; nobody, and, of, he, for, went, him, his, they, ', written, 'tis, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, with, one are repeated.
The author used the same word but 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 ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Seer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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