This is an analysis of the poem Hildebrand that begins with:
Who was frightened by a Passing Motor, and was brought to Reason
"Oh murder! What was that, Papa!"...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a Xbcddc eeXeXbbbbdaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101010111010 1010111100 101010101 010101 01010111 11010101 010101 101111101 110101001 11011101 1111101 111010 11110101 01010101 01110001 010101 11110101 1101 110100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Hildebrand;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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