This is an analysis of the poem Exempt that begins with:
They have said you needn't go to the front to face the foe;
They have left you with your women and your children safe at home;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbbaXa cdXdXaXa cdXdaaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11111010010101 111101101110111 111100100100111 101010101010101 10111011110111 01001111011111 001010011011101 111010101101001 10101110010101 111010101110101 00111111110001 111011101110101 11101010011101 101010100110001 11101010010101 101000101101001 1110101001101010 001001111010001 1110101001101110 101001101010001 10101011101101011 111110101010111 1111101011101010 111000101101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 504
- Average number of words per stanza: 96
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, they, you, have, your, to, from are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, you are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of Exempt;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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