This is an analysis of the poem Betrayed that begins with:
I WENT back to our home to-day
That still its robe of roses wore; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dede fafa dbdb ghgh Xbcbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11101101 11010101 11101101 111011 11111101 11010101 01110101 011011 011000101 11010101 11010101 111101 11111101 11111111 01011101 111111 10110101 11011101 11111111 011111 11110011 11110101 01110101 111101 01011111 10110111 10011111 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; to is repeated.
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- summary of Betrayed;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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