This is an analysis of the poem The Leap Of Roushan Beg. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth) that begins with:

Mounted on Kyrat strong and fleet,
His chestnut steed with four white feet,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbbc ddebbe dXdfXd Xghffh iifddf aaXffX aaihhi ddcffX ffcffX aajeej ddgeeg ddakka gglaal llXXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111 01110111 1011100 10011101 1010101 1010111 1110101 1011101 1011001 1110111 1111101 10010101 0011101 1001100 1010101 1011101 10010100 1111111 1010110 11101001 0010111 1110101 11100101 1001101 1000111 1010001 1010101 1010101 10101111 1110001 10010001 1010001 10010010 1000101 1010001 11101 1010101 1010111 1101101 1010011 1010101 1010101 1110111 1110101 1010101 1010101 1011101 1110100 1111101 1110111 1011111 11111001 1011101 1110100 1010111 10100111 1010101 1000101 1000101 1110101 10101101 1010101 1010101 10010101 1000100 1110101 10100101 1010101 1011101 1011101 1011101 1110101 1010001 1010101 0011001 1010101 1011111 10100101 10010101 10100111 1011100 1111100 1111101 1010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; than, more, and, thy, he are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Leap Of Roushan Beg. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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