This is an analysis of the poem The Captive Knight that begins with:
The prisoned thrush may brook the cage,
The captive eagle dies for rage. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaX bccbDDeffeDD ghhgDD ieeiDD heeheX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,12,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 01010111 10001 1010101 10111001010 10101001110 1010111 101100100111 11010100101 1110101 111110101 1110110101 11100111 101100100111 11010100101 11101101 1111010101 111010001 10100101 101100100111 11010100101 11101101 00110110111 101110111 1010011 101100100111 11010100101 11111111 101111111 111100101 1111101 101100100111 11010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; and, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, cease, they, sound are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word still at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Captive Knight;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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