This is an analysis of the poem Lycabas that begins with:
A name of the Year. Some say the word means
a march of wolves,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabac badbd aXefbXfgeghhciiXXc XbbjjbbecXaec aXajcXkgXgaalkl jjakkajj dddXdXdddgddg ddjffgfjffjgllf XaXfjm ambbcclldddaa daaggadddffaaannnaaaooaannddccdi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,18,13,15,8,13,15,6,13,32,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100111011 0101 11100101101001 101011 01001 111001 110101 10010010111 110111101 111011 1001001101001 1111100110010 10110101 001011001 011100101011 1111011 101101011011 110100111 101110111 10111011 10011111 11101111 100111 01101011010 0111110110 010110111 01111111 0010101 100 100111 100111 100111 01001001 1101001 1111111 1101001 100011101 1111010010 111101101 1111011111 1111111 11111111001 1001010 11100111 1110101 1110101 111001110 111001011 111111111 10111010 110111101 11110111 100101 1001011001 11101001001 101101001 111111 011100111 1101011 1010101001 01001101 1111011111 11101 111100101 11111101 000111011 110111111 1 10111011 1 101101001 010011101 11110111 101010111 011010111 0110100101 111111 01110101 11111111 1101011011 1101101111 1011011101 1111101101 11010111 1101000101 1101101101 1010110101 1110110011 100100111 010010111 00100110101 101111101 100100 1111011011 1100 1 1 01 11111111001 110100101 1100111101 11111011 11111001 1111101111 10101111 111101111 1110111 11101010101 1010111 10100101101 101001011001 1111110111 111011101 11111001 111101111 11111111 1111111001 1111110111 111111101 111011011 10111111 111111111 1111101011 101110111 11100111 1100111011 100100101 0101111101 111010101 010010101 1101101101 11111101 1111101111 110111101 110110011 1101011010 1111101010 11111111 100100101 0100100101 100100111 111100101 110010100
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 522
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 145
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of, lycabas, and, me, i, they, to, ye, saw, you, he, his, love, your, wolves, live, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, rent, i, ye, and, it, he, your, at, no are repeated.
The author used the same word lycabas at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you, day are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase wail connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Lycabas;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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