This is an analysis of the poem Alien that begins with:

The great world has not known me,
Nor I the world have known; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd baba cece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111111 110111 0110111 101101 1100010 110001 0101010 010111 1101010 110101 110010 101101 1101110 1110101 0111010 0111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; world is repeated.

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  • summary of Alien;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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