This is an analysis of the poem Legend that begins with:

The blacksmith's boy went out with a rifle
and a black dog running behind....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbabcca XbedbfbeX gdhcdgdg hbifbhbih jhdhjhej
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,8,9,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101110010 10111001 111101 10101 11011010111 101100101010 11101 11110111101111 101011 110011010 0101110010 00111101 101001 11111 101111101 10111110 11101 111101111111111101 111110010 111001001010110 1101100101 1010001 11111 1011100101 10100111010110 101110101 01010110110111101110 10100101111010 110101 11101 11101 110001010101 1010110100010 10101 0100111011101 10111011010 010110111010 0100101 10110111111 10111110101 1011111010111010 111111 1011000111110110 0010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 352
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; can, i, his, he, like, and, of, nobody are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, like, he are 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 Legend;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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