This is an analysis of the poem Captives that begins with:
Some came in chains
Unrepentant but tired....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaaaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 1010110 1101010 10110010 10110010 010110010 110101 10110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Captives;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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