This is an analysis of the poem Anhelli - Chapter 3 that begins with:

And lo, once on a time at night the Shaman waked Anhelli,
saying to him : 'Sleep not, but come with me,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX Xa bc de fg aagX eea aef edad cXX Xae ahg bca bi ajX bX ifdX ga eae XjXehgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,2,2,2,4,3,3,4,3,3,3,3,2,3,2,4,2,3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011101010100 1001111101 111101000100 1011011011 10010011111101001 11111010111001101010 1101101000100110101010 100100011010110101 11101011001 1101001110010001101 10100011010 1110010101010 10101011001 111101010011110 11010 11001000101 1111011011010101 101001000101101 101011010011110 111101110101 1111111011111100001 10101001001110101 11111010100001010 101110011111 101001010 100011010110 0100111 11001101010010 11101010101001000 111100101100111 110100010101 1010010101101100101 111001010100010101010 001100 11100110001 11111010110 111100100010 101001010010 11011001 11010111101 11110010011110 11101010100 11101111010011 101011011 10101101111 1110101 1101011111111011 110101101011 010101 11111101110110 1101011011 11111010110110110 010100101111 1111011110111001101 1010100111110 101011111001011110 11010101001001010 11010010110100 0100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (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; and, they, of, to, in, that, him, his, you, i, our, us, had, he 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.

    The poet repeated the same word ' 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 3;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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