This is an analysis of the poem The Isle Of Founts that begins with:
Son of the stranger! wouldst thou take
O'er yon blue hills thy lonely way,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababCC dedeff gfgfbb gbgbcc ghghgg ijijkk jgjgbb fafagg ebeXee jfjfkk Xbgbdd ikikll mnmnCC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10010111 101111101 01011101 01110111 11111101 11110101 11010101 10110101 110101001 11111111 10111101 11011111 11010111 11011101 01010101 11010101 11000110 01110111 110011010 11100111 110100110 11100101 110101111 10011101 11110111 00110001 01110100 01010111 11110101 111111001 010011111 11001101 11111101 11111101 01111101 01011101 11011111 010001001 11010101 01110101 01111101 01010011 11111101 011110001 111010101 11000111 11010101 01011001 110100101 01001101 11110111 10010100 00110001 11011101 101110101 10111101 111111001 11111111 01001111 11011101 110111001 01001101 11110101 11110111 11010101 110000101 11110101 111001001 011100111 11110101 01111101 11010111 10010011 10011011 11110101 01010101 11111101 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 78
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; thou, they, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, their are repeated.
The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Isle Of Founts;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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