This is an analysis of the poem The Blue-Flag In The Bog that begins with:
God had called us, and we came;
Our loved Earth to ashes left;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcb dddd dbeb fXfX gchc bdhd ihdj XXkc ldkX Adhd Fmgm nXic FhLX FkLX ddkd mXih bdfd hXmb jhXh Xeke kfhf oXbf XdoX nhgX Xdid Xeke kXmX bafa ghXh emnm chch gXXf XXdh dlgl bXBH moeo Xghg bddd Xipi XBH bbpb oXdXXflcl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 1110101 1010101 100101 1010101 1111101 1110101 1011101 1010101 10111111 1111111 1010101 1011111 1110101000 10111001 1011100100 10111101 1010101 11111001 0110111 1110111 1001101 1100011 1010001 10101010 1111101 1010101 1010100 1011000 00111010 1011111 1011101 01011101 10101001 1011101 10110010 1111111 101111 1010101 1111101 1001001111 10111010 11111010 10100010 10101010 10101010 10111010 1101101 1001001111 1011101 1011101 10101010 1001001111 1011101 1011101 10101110 0111101 1010001 0011101 1010101 10101010 10101010 10111010 1010101 1110101 1110101 11111010 1110011 1110101 111010010 11101110 1010001 11101110 1011101 10001000 10100111 11111010 1011101 1010101 1110111 1011111 10110101 1010001 1110101 10100101 11101010 101101 0011100 100111011110 1011110011 100101111 10111110 10011101110 1011111 10110111 100011010 111010100 1111111 1011101 1011101 11101010 1110101 1010101 1010101 1110001 10101010 10101110 1011001 1011101 10100101 1011111 1010100 1110011 1010110 10111110 1111101 1110101 11101010 1011101 11111110 0110101 1110101 0110101 1110101 1011101 10111110 0110101 0010101 001111100 11111010 1110101 1010111 10011101 0010101 1011101 1010101 1110101 00101010 1011101 1011101 1000011110 1000001 1010111 1010101 10000000 11010111 101101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010001 1011111 1011111 1011101 1010110 10000000010111010 1011101 1011101 1010111 1110101 1010011 1010101 1011101 10111010 101011101 101011110 11111 1010101 01111001 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 43
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 171
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, i, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, not, all, i are repeated.
The author used the same words though, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Blue-Flag In The Bog;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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