This is an analysis of the poem The Chaplain that begins with:
He was just a small church parson when the war broke out, and he
Looked and dressed and acted like all parsons that we see....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddccXX eebbff bbXXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111011101011111 1111101110111 11010101110101 111010101110111 111010101110111 111011001010101 11010101110101 1110001011100111 111000111011111 101111101110111 11010111110101 111110100010111 11010101110101 001010111111101 001111101110101 111010101110101 111010101110001 111010100110101 111010111110101 11111101111101 011011101111101 111010101010111 111110101011111 111010101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 384
- Average number of words per stanza: 77
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Chaplain;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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