This is an analysis of the poem The Leader And The Bad Girl that begins with:

Because he had sinned and suffered, because he loved the land,
And because of his wonderful sympathy, he held men’s hearts in his hand.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddbbee ffddaa bbaagg aahhii bbXibb jjbbjjXjjffjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01111110011101 101001001001111001 11100101111001 101111011001110101 10110110111011 001001111111101001 110010101011111 11100101010100101 11001010010101 101001010101111 111001001011110101 1010101110101101 1110101101010111 11111011010101011 101001001011110111 101001011010100101 010011101100101 1010111100110111 10010100011101 101001010110001 1011111110011111 1111111111111111 11101001011101101 11111111100100101 10100101010101111 101010010111101 01011101101111 111001001010100101 11101001010101001 11101001011011111 11101111100110101 10111111011110101 1111011100010110 10111001111101111 10100100101010101 11111010100100111 1100101010011111 1001010110100101 111110110110100101 1010111101111111 01001011010010101 11010010011110101 1011100101100101 1011100100010111 1010101101011101 1001001011001001 1101001001011101 11101011011011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 422
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 70 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, because, and, his, of, in, him, she, with, spoke are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Leader And The Bad Girl;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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