This is an analysis of the poem The Branded Hand that begins with:
WELCOME home again, brave seaman! with thy thoughtful brow and gray,
And the old heroic spirit of our earlier, better day;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddbbddeeXXbbffeeggbbddcchhbbeeeefXiijjjjbbee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 101011100110111 1010101001100101 011011001110101 1010001010100101 001010110010101 01111110100111 111100010010101 1111010010101 1101010111101 101100100110011 101010101010101 101111101010101 111010101010101 011100101010101 111110101111101 11010100110101 1010111010101001 01010101010100 01000101010101 111111111010111 11010100011001 11010100011101 11011101010101 1101100001101 110101000111011 001010100101001 101010101110101 10101111010111 101010100011101 11010101001101 110100110010111 111000100110101 011111101011101 1110101010100101 11110111010101 1011101010101001 111110001010111 001011101110001 1101110010111 1101010010101 1111011110001 010111001000010 11010110110111 0111011010101 101011111011101 11010101010111 101111101010101 001110111110101 10100011110111 101010100101001 101010101010101 00101011010011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3186
- Average number of words per stanza: 579
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to, and, for, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, that are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Branded Hand;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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