This is an analysis of the poem The Hostage that begins with:
The tyrant Dionys to seek,
Stern Moerus with his poniard crept;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaXXX XccddeX fddffgX deeddeX fffffXh ibbiijj fffffdd gffgXdX kkkkkkk fiiffee illiikk fbbffmX diidXXi hnnXhdX keekXdd ieeiXhX ennaamX mffXmXX hiihhee hbbhhdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101001 11000101 01010111 011101001 1011011010 110001010 111111010 1010111110 0111011001 01011111 11110101 01110101 11111111 0111010100 01011111 010110100 11101001 11010101 111100101 01111101 11100111100 11011101 10110101 11011111 11110101 11010101 01010101 111101100 01011111 11000101 01010101 101101011 011100101 110101100 1100101010 10110101 10010101 01110101 010010101 01110101 0101010110 1011001010 01110101 01111101 0110011001 110101001 01100111 11001100 01110001 11010111 11010111 1011101001 11010111 11111001 01110101 111101110 11011101 11110111 1101100101 01110101 01010111 010010101 11011101 110111001 11010101 10010101 01010101 11010101 11011101 110101001 10011101001 101011101 11101011 110001011 11010111 11111101 11011101 01010101 11010101 011000101 1011100101 11110011 11011111 110111110 11110101 10110101 010010101 10010101 110011000 101111110 10110101 101101110 101110101 01111101 11010111 111101110 11010101 1010111010 0101101 01010111 110000101 01010101 101111000 01110101 10010101 101111111 01010101 01010111 1010100111 110101110 110101010 1011111000 1011101110 111010101 110111111 11010111 11011101 10010111 111111100 011101001 01110101 010111001 01010110 11111101 1101011100 010101110 010101001 10110101 10111101 110011111 01010001 01111111 10110101 110111001 110110101 10110111 101101001 11011101 11110100 110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 141
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; no, and, he, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, down, dismayed, and, he, what, nor are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).
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- summary of The Hostage;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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