This is an analysis of the poem Exiled that begins with:

Searching my heart for its true sorrow,
This is the thing I find to be:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xaca Xaca defe dffX ffdf dcXX ghbh giXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110110 00011100 1111001110 100101001 100101010 00111101 100111011 00111111 110101110 100100101 100111011 10010111 111101110 10101111 111101110 10010101 011101110 10010101 110101010 10111101 011101010 10011101 110101010 10100101 110101010 10010001 110101010 1010011000 1101000110 11110101 110101110 11101101 110101110 10111111 111101010 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The author used the same words always, if, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Exiled;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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