This is an analysis of the poem Anhelli - Chapter 1 that begins with:

Exiles came to the land of Siberia, and having chosen a broad site they built a
wooden house that they might dwell together in concord and...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX cc Xde fgfX hdi edh dX eX ebd bXe XiX bi adX gddXad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,4,3,3,2,2,3,3,3,2,3,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010010011010011110 1011111010011110011 100001010101001001 101001010101011110 01110111101010010 101110101101110 11110111011 11111110111011100 11110101011111101011 01010101000111101010010 111010010001001100101011 01110001 100110101011101 11010011010110101 11111010101010010 111010101001011101101 10100110011010 11101011001001 1110101001011 1001001111 1011111010100100 11111110010111101011011 10011100111010100 011111011100111001 100100110 101101011001110100101 110101011 11101100101 1101010101100110 1001011011110 1110110000 111111111 110010101011010 1110100001000100 10101100110100 111010011111100 11100101010 101110100110 101101110 1111101101000100 111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, they, of, that, in, i, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word and 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 Anhelli - Chapter 1;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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