This is an analysis of the poem Anhelli - Chapter 4 that begins with:

And the Shaman passed with Anhelli over the desert ways of Siberia,
where stood prisons....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab Xc bb ddd bXXeef XbgX ehh di eXd ije gegkX geX Xjf XX eb j kki bbbi bc ajX id Xkdd gdbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,3,6,4,3,2,3,3,5,3,3,2,2,1,3,4,2,3,2,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010010010100100 1110 111001000011001010 101110101 10110110110011010 10101010010010 1111101010110010 101010101111 101110111101101001 101001111001100 1001100111011 1010011111111100 10101011011001 1100111111101 1001010111110111011 100010011100 1111111001010 1101011101011 11111 11001011010110010 11101101001101111 10101010101 11010111101001 111101000010110010 11011010 111110011011 10100101111 111011111111 011001101101100 1111 11111001011010101 1110010111111010 110101010110010100010101100 101110010010110 11001010001 111001101 01010100010010 1011101010111101 110101111100 0101101100 11110101 100010110101 1111111110101001 10101110011 1110010101101001011 11001011011111111101100 11111001000100110 111111110010 01101111110100110 10011111111010101 1100101001 10111111010 10010101 10111011011 1101111101010011 1010011101001100100 101011001011000010 11101010111 101101110101011 1101111001011 101010100 111110010010 101011111001 1111001010001001 11101 10101101100011 11110111011 00111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (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, him, us, ', men, i, two, to are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Anhelli - Chapter 4;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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