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

Legion was my name by nature,
Satan raged within my breast;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ececfgfg bebefcfc fhfheded ididjhjh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110 1010111 10100110 1010101 10001011 0110101 11111011 1010111 10001010 1110111 10101010 1110101 11110010 1010110 11111010 1100101 10111110 1010101 11111010 1110011 10111010 1101101 11111010 10011101 1110111 1111101 1111101 1111101 10111010 1111111 11111010 1110101 11101010 1110101 11111110 1111111 10101110 1110101 10111110 0011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, it, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word never is repeated.

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  • summary of The Legion Dispossessed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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