This is an analysis of the poem Anhelli - Chapter 2 that begins with:
The Shaman, when he had searched in the hearts of that multitude of exiles,
said to himself: 'Verily, I have not found here what I sought;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abX cde fbX gfg XdX Xhg eXX XXg eg aXXeec aaXX Xdac ce ace gaX ghX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,2,6,4,4,2,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010111100101101011 100110011111111 111111110110001011 1100111010010 11000010001101100 111111 1111010010010111 01011010101000 11110010 101110101011101 1101010111010101011011001 1101110010 110111010001 110111010110 00101110001 101011101011010100 11010101111001 111111010 11000111 10101001011101011111 010101100110100110 10101 111101010101011001 101001011010101000011 111011111001 1110111111101010 1110011 10110100011 1001111010 1111010101101 111001100001 110100 11111011011 110111011 011101110 101110011111 1110101111 10111100101 11011101001 1110 111010111011111 10110101 1111101100 11111101001100100 11011 11101111111010011101010 101010100101110101 1011111110010 11010 101111101 1110010100001000100
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, him, and, of, be, for, in, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word god at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Anhelli - Chapter 2;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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