This is an analysis of the poem The Wife Of Asdrubal that begins with:
The sun sets brightly - but a ruddier glow
O'er Afric's heaven the flames of Carthage throw;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aabcddeefffXgghhbc bbdXhhcchhggiifbddhhii ffjjkkddjjiiffccjjbcddXXXffhhdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,22,31,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111010101 101010010101 01111100010 0101000101 1101111101 1101011001 0101010101 1101010111 11001010101 11111100101 1101010101 10110111010 11010100101 1001010101 1101110101 11001110101 11000100010 1101000101 110101000010 010101010010 0101110011 1101110100 01110010101 11010111001 1011010101 0100100101 0101000101 1001110011 0101000101 1101010101 10010100101 11001010001 11 0 1010101 1101010111 1011010101 1111110001 0101011101 110100101 1001110011 10010101001 1111001101 0101010100 1101010101 1101010101 11010111101 10011010100 11100010101 0101010111 1101010011 0111000111 110101101 0111001101 1111010101 0101011001 1101110101 1101011001 101111111110 0101110001 1111011101 1101010101 0111011101 10110110110 1001010101 1001010111 0101110001 1111011011 1101010111 111101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 769
- Average number of words per stanza: 133
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, her, to, their are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Wife Of Asdrubal;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
