This is an analysis of the poem Archibald's Example that begins with:
Old Archibald, in his eternal chair,
Where trespassers, whatever their degree, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cdXd XeXe bece XaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101000101 1100110101 0111011101 0101011101 1111010111 0101110100 1111011101 1101111111 1100110110 0111100101 0111111111 0100110101 1111010101 0111110101 1111101111 1101110101 11110111101 1111110001 1101010001 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, that are repeated.
The author used the same word trees 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 so connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Archibald's Example;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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