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

There is a wildness still in England that will not feed
In cages; it shrinks away from the touch of the trainer's hand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbbb cdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010101011 010010100100101 10011100100101 00110101000101 11111101111001 1010100101111 11101101111001 110101101101111 0111001011001 11010010110111 0111010011011 101001001010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (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; in, it, not, as are repeated.

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

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