This is an analysis of the poem Anhelli - Chapter 5 that begins with:

And so the Shaman and Anhelli made their pilgrimage through the sorrowful country
and over the desolate roads and under the roaring forests of...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXb cd ef ggd dXh gde Xi Xhd X fjkh X ebdk dl ah ljd gX edeX iX jXXe lX kbd cl fg eXX ge b kjaa gjm dedX eeX mX bcX ejX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,2,3,3,3,2,3,1,4,1,4,2,2,3,2,4,2,4,2,3,2,2,3,2,1,4,3,4,3,2,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101100111001010010 110010011100101000100 10111011000 111101101111010 0111110111011 1010100101010101011 111001111011011 11101010101011110010 110101001010 101101100101010 101010010 10100011011 100100101 11101011111110110101 110011010 111010100101101 101010111 01010101010001110010010 11111000 11001010010 01001010101001011101 11101110101011110 110110101010010101001 111001001010110110 11110111110 1111001101011 10101110111011101001 0101001101 111010110001000101 110110010 0101010001110100 1101010101 1101100110101011001 0101100101110 101111111111100011 10011100101001 1111010100110110100010110 1101011111010111 11010110110100 10100111 10101001001 1111101011 1111011011 1011101100100110 1001011111 110110 101010110010001 1001010100 11111001 11011 11110101001 110111101100 1010111011 11101000101001001 1100101111010 110101111010010 1010100110100101 11010101110010001 010111101001 1011111010001 1011000100101 100100100111010 110101010000100011 01101011101001 11001001111110101 01001011011111 1111011 10101011010110 101100110 11111011000 01010111011010 0101111011 1111101 11011011 1110010101010001010 1010100010 1001001001011 10110101 10111010110 1111001111 101111110101 010101 10101110111011001010 110101010110010 1111100101 1101000101010110 1001000100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 33
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 87
  • 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, be, men, of, to, ', that, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, they 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 heaven, said are repeated).

    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 5;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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