This is an analysis of the poem To A Usurper that begins with:
Aha! a traitor in the camp,
A rebel strangely bold,--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc dbdX acac ecfc adad bebf dbdb X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010001 010101 01010101 111101 01110101 110001 10010011 111111 11010011 110101 11100101 11010110 11011111 010101 11011111 0100101 11010101 010111 10010100 110101 11000111 010111 01011101 100101 01110101 110101 11010101 011100 11110101 110111 11111111 110111 1
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of To A Usurper;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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