This is an analysis of the poem Hagar that begins with:

SHE went along the road,
Her baby in her arms,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddceccefaafcddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 010001 011001 110001 010101 110101 111001 110101 101111 111101 111101 111101 11011 110001 110101 010111 111101 111001 011101 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 523
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, she, wail, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word she is repeated.

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  • summary of Hagar;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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