This is an analysis of the poem The Hunters that begins with:
Six men went hunting, but only four returned.
Two, in fact, hadn't returned. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcXDeDfDeghagXefgeXbXbhidXbdijdgXXXeXiijfebci
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 47,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110110101 1011001 1010101100011101100110010101 101011001011110101010010110110010101001011001011111100010011010 10111001 101 10111101111101 101 100111101101010 101 1011110111111111 1011001101110010011111111 1011001111011110 10111001 10011101011101 101110 10101101011 1011110 101100111011111 10101110101 101010 1011 1010 1011 10111110 1011110011 10011011010111 101111110111 1011101011110 101111011 1011111 1011110101 1011111111111001 1011001100 10111111 10011010 1011100010 10010111 1011 1001110101 10100101 1001111010110111101101101101111 10111110110 1001101101111001011001111111 10111101101111011111 100111 10111011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2459
- Average number of words per stanza: 422
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; oknov, and, returned, you, off, n, let, ha, kozlov, him, just, there are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word oknov is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines returned, him are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase oknov connects the lines.
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- summary of The Hunters;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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