This is an analysis of the poem Initiation that begins with:
After I stumbled through the gauntlet, after they had hit me
As hard as they could,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXdXefcefbad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 101101010101111 11111 11100111111 0010110 0100110101101 1111111111110 10011111101 100111110110 11010110100 111001001111110 11111110010101 11110 1111011101011 111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 619
- Average number of words per stanza: 123
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, as, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.
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- summary of Initiation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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