This is an analysis of the poem The Stranger that begins with:
When trouble haunts me, need I sigh?
No, rather smile away despair;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbb cdcdee eXecaa fefecc aeaegg hihigg aaaaee gaXabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011111 11010101 11101111 01011111 11010101 11110101 11011111 11010101 111111001 11100101 111101010 1100101010 11111101 11011110 11011101 11110101 11011101 11010111 11010101 11010101 11011101 11010101 01100101 01010111 11110101 01001111 10110101 11110100 11110111 11010101 01010101 11010001 11010101 11110001 11011101 01010001 01111001 01010101 01110001 01010101 11010001 11010011 11110110 11110101 01011101 11111101 10111101 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, on, and, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Stranger;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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