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

His shatter’d Empire thunders to the ground:
A myriad hearts peal laughter as it falls,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbba cddcdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01010010001 01001110101 1111010101 1101110101 00100100101100 10010010101 1011000101 1101011111 01010010101 0101111101 11010100101 1100111101 1111010101 0101000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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 is repeated.

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

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