This is an analysis of the poem Exiles that begins with:
It goes on being Alexandria still. Just walk a bit
along the straight road that ends at the Hippodrome...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXbcdXaedcebfXcXXcfbXXaXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 011101010011101 010111110101 111100110010011 110110010 110110001 01010010 111001011 110010101111 0010111011 010111000100101 11001101 110010 01101101 0101101011 1011000 01011111110 11001101101100 10101011010010000 101111111 00010011000 011001010 1101010101 01101010 10101111010100 11110101111000101 1110010110 1111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1128
- Average number of words per stanza: 200
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, what are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Exiles;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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