This is an analysis of the poem Hunted Down that begins with:
Two years had the tiger, whose shape was that of a sinister man,
Been out since the night of escape - two years under horror and ban.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcdcXee ffgghbbff hheebbii aaccffjj jjkkiill ddaaaaff bbXfddgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1010101111001001 0110100110101011 00110101111011001 1110100111011001 101001101 101101001 001011001 11001001 1100100111001001 00110110111101001 1110100111001001 101001001101101101 1100100101001011 1100100101001001 110110001 001101001 11111011101001001 1101101111001001 01101001001101001 1100110111001001 11011011110001001 01001101001001001 11011001001011001 11001001101111011 11001001001001001 1100100101001001 110011001001101101 1010110101011111 1100111111101001 1100100101001101 1110100101111011 1101100111001101 1101100101011101 11001101101101001 1110110101001011 1110100101001111 11001101101101101 0101111111111101 11101001001101001 1110100101101101 1100111111101001 00100101111001001 1110110111011011 01001011111011001 0100101111101001 10100101111101011 1100101111101001 11111011101001011 1101100111001001 10101100111101001 1101110111101101 101011101101001001 1110110111101101 101001011010110100 10100110111011001 01101101101001011 11101000111001001 11001101001001011 1110111011001001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 569
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 59
- Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, his, in, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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