This is an analysis of the poem The Crusader's Return that begins with:
Rest pilgrim, rest!-thou'rt from the Syrian land,
Thou'rt from the wild and wondrous east, I know... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd cecefdfd ghghijij djdXdkdk lalajjjj ckckbaba dkdkgjgj memebdbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011001001 1001110111 1011011011 1101001101 0101010011 1101111101 0101010101 1101111101 1111101111 1011010101 01110111001 0101110101 111111101010 1011001101 11010101110 1111111101 11011101011 1101110101 1111110111 0101010101 11111111010 0011111101 11110111110 10011110101 0111110101 1101110101 00110110101 10001001100 11111010111 0111010101 01110001001 1011000101 01110111011 0110101101 0101110001 1111110111 111111111 11111010001 1101111111 10111111011 0101110011 10011110101 0101010101 1111100111 1111111111 1111111101 1101000111 1100100101 1111011101 1001010111 01110101001 1111110111 1101010101 110110111001 1111010111 1111110110 11110011101 10111001100 1100110101 1111010101 1111011111 1111111101 1110011111 0001111111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 370
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; thou, he, my, his, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, he are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Crusader's Return;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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