This is an analysis of the poem Ithaca that begins with:
When you set out for Ithaka
ask that your way be long,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabCdefgCdXh aXidjjgebje efgjeiXgXhXhcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,11,14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111100 111101 1001010010 010001011 100101110 11110101 1111101011101 01011101110 010001011 1001010110 011100011 0111101011 111101 1100101010 0110111 111011 0110101010 1010101 1001110101100 11000101001 100011100111 0101001010 0101010001 110011011 101010111101 1100110010 100110 11111010111 101111101 10101000111 1001101010 010111111 1101011011 10110110010011 111101010100 101011101111001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; as, your, you, them, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words unless, to are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Ithaca;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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