This is an analysis of the poem The Two Brothers that begins with:

It was a vision…
Two angels appeared to me… two genii....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X bc ddXebfaXXgbf bccdXb hiaXbe hjjhg Xf f iX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,2,12,6,6,5,2,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 1100101110 1110100111111110101 01110111001 10111101011111 10101110111001 111011001110100010 10001010011101010 1000111101010110001 10000100101010101010 101110010011010101 11001010110001100 0101010001010110 010001111101110 1010111001000011001 0101001 0101110110011001011 011010011111101 111101010110110 1001010110101011 1011010010110010 10111011 0101111100110010100 10100111101011110 10100101001010100110 1101010101011011 110101010111101 1011000 0111010000101001010 10100110011101001 01010100100101001000 1100101101010101000 1 11101001011110101 111001010101110 1111011110111 1110110111111010 01010010101001101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, of are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of The Two Brothers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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