This is an analysis of the poem The Forsaken that begins with:
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Once in the winter...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdefghfihjdbcdcakgjXXjkXdddbifGlcefbmGjhngfkcbcXXXlE X bdgXbcXcjfbnjedaGXefgfegkXddegmXmgjeggejE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 54,1,41,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 10010 1101 0010011 1001 110010 010110 00110 100110 0011 10110 11101 0010010 10010 101011 1011 10011 11011 11110 10110 1101 110010 0011000 10110 10010 01001000 1101 01001 001010 11010 001001 0010010 10010 110011 10011 10011 10010 10010 1001 10010 110110 110110 1001 1010011 1111 1010010 1011 0011010 1011 110010 1011 0010010 10111 1111 1 01010 1111110 1011111 10101010 1101101101010 011000101 1111111010 10110111 110111111 110111011010 1001010 0101011 01111110 10101011 1011110 10101 10010 1101110010 010101 11001101011001 1000101100100010 11011010010 111010110011 111111001011 101111110010010 1101111110110 10011100101 1100100100101 1001110 1001001 100101 101001 10101001 1010001 10000110 00100010010 0101001001 1111 11111011010111001 111101010110 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 944
- Average number of words per stanza: 176
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, their, her, with, saw, then are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words drew, when, saw, then are repeated.
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- summary of The Forsaken;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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