This is an analysis of the poem The Hind And The Panther: Part I (Excerpts) that begins with:

A milk-white Hind, immortal and unchang'd,
Fed on the lawns, and in the forest rang'd;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd bbeeaaccaaccaaee bbaadfeebb eegghcee dfhhhaaiijjeeaadXaa jjaaeeaakkccbbiibbdfdhhjjaaddll aaddaaddkkeejjeejjddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,16,10,8,19,31,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0111010101 1101100101 0110010001 1111011111 1111010111 1100111011 1101110101 1101110101 1101110101 1101110101 1101010101 10101010101 0101010101 010100101001 1101110101 1111011101 1111010101 0101010101 1101010101 01001110101 0111011101 0101111101 1101011101 110101010101 1011011101 1100010101 0101101101 1101010001 1111100101 1101010100 10111011111 1111010101 1111011101 1001110001 0101110101 10001010101 01010010101 0101001111 10001111001 1011110101 1101010111 1111010100 0101010111 11000010100 0110010101 11010001001 1101010101 1101010111 0101010101 0101100111 1101010101 1101010101 1101110101 0101110001 1101111001 00101110001 1101110101 0111110011 1011010110 1101000101 1101111101 1101010101 0101010101 1101111101 1101011001 11010010101 0101010101 1110011101 1111011001 1001110101 1111010001 11011101010 11110111010 1011111111 1111110001 1111110111 0101010101 0101111111 1111111101 1101010111 0101011100 1011000111 1101110101 1101000100 1111001101 1111111110 01001001101 11010010011 1101110101 1101010101 1111010101 1111010001 0101010101 1101000101 1101110101 1010000101 1111111101 1101010001 0111011111 1101011101 1101010111 1101011111 0101010101 0101010101 11000101001 1101111000 0111010001 1101000101 1111111111 1111111101 1111010101 0101100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 728
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 114
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, their, with, my, be are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of The Hind And The Panther: Part I (Excerpts);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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