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

All wounded sore he lay upon my path,
His piteous moans his woeful need confessed;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXcaXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110111 0101010101 1101010101 0101010101 1101110101 1101110111 1111110001 11010101110 1011111111 1001010101 1101111101 0101110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 518
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and are repeated.

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

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