This is an analysis of the poem Anhelli - Chapter 11 that begins with:

And when they drew near to the burial ground Anhelli heard the hymn of the tombs,
complaining, as it were a complaint of the ashes to God....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab ac d ad db b eaf eb bX cg eb dh bie cjk hi bl dj bjc bl fX aa aaae bXa kmm aaaX bn XeX dfiX ba eo bX ck be oX Xb pdX ijb dc dcdnb jpX gdXkb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,1,2,2,1,3,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,4,3,3,4,2,3,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,2,5,3,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111001001100101001 010100001001001 11110101 11010101000110111000 1111001100101 11001010110010100011 10111010110110110 10111011 111100010001011110 110010101101010111011 1010101001000011 11001 11011111101 101001001011010111101 1010101111100 11110110111 100111111 1101001011 110101010101100110 111011101010 1110111111101 111000100011 100111111001011 11110010111001 110110101001011111101 1110010100010 1000101 101001010111011 1101111011110 1110110101101001 11100101011101 101010111111110110101 011001011010101111010 110101010001111111100100101 111101011111 10100111111 101001011111101 101111010101 100010101101001 01010111011101111010 11100100111110010 1111011100 1010101011110010110001010 101101010110 111111011110110 1101010001010 10101010101 1010110110010011 111110100100001001 0110111110111100 0111111010 10000100010100110001010 1110100010000100010 11110101001110100010 111011111111 111111111 11001000011 10001011111 110010111110110101001001 1001000011 10010001011 11010111001001 01010001111111111 1001111100010010011100 11011110100101111100 101111111 11011001100100 1111101100111010 10001101101 111111011010110110 101001011100101 110010010010101 101010011 101101001101110101 0010100101110111100 10100101111100101 001011110101001010100 1111001111010011111 100110001001 1111100111101011010010 1010101101010101 110010100 110010100110 100110111 011100111011110100111111 1111110101 111101001111 11011111 111111100 1001101111001 11000111 11100111010 10101110010011101 111001101 1101010101 11010110101001001100100 1111010101011000101101 11011100101101010000110 1111101101111 111111100101100101010 11001011011001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 42
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 101
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, as, and, dead, he, i, my, her, me, that, in, to, be, not, she, it, have are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines darkness is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Anhelli - Chapter 11;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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