This is an analysis of the poem I Only Am Escaped Alone To Tell Thee that begins with:

I tell you that I see her still
At the dark entrance of the hall....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdbcceXX adXfgfXcXhagiXgiXdcaheg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 10110001 111101010 11000101 110101001 110011010 10111101 01110111 01010100 010110001 101010001 10010001 0101100101 11010110 101010001 11000101 10000101 0111110 11010101 01110100 11011101 10010101 1101010111 00011 11 11110101 111100111 11011001 01010101 01010111 11010001 101010111 10110100 110110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 604
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of I Only Am Escaped Alone To Tell Thee;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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