This is an analysis of the poem The Child Of Destiny that begins with:

THIS is the hero-heart of the enchanted isle,
Whom now the twilight children tenderly enfold, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddcbeebXfffgbbgheehfiif
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 000101000101 110111010001 101101110101 100101010111 110101111101 110101110111 110101100111 010111011101 1111001010101 11010011011001 100101010101 100101110101 110101110101 010011010101 110101010101 110101010101 111110010111 110111010101 100111010101 1111001010111 110101010101 100101001101 1101100101 011111010011 0100010101001 010111010101 110101100101 110101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1506
  • Average number of words per stanza: 262
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • 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; , and are repeated.

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  • summary of The Child Of Destiny;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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