This is an analysis of the poem Anhelli - Chapter 7 that begins with:

And the Shaman said : 'Lo, now we shall show no more miracles,
nor the power of God that is in us, but we shall weep,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc deX X cdb afgh Xgi iaX jh dab Xaf kfg ffX aig fcg cfg XX gXg hc iafg jg X X ggX gf gj g ge bX igg aaXX hec cc X hcg gbf faa XkX ik cgXXej
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,1,3,4,3,3,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,2,3,2,4,2,1,1,3,2,2,1,2,2,3,4,3,2,1,3,3,3,3,2,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011111111100 10100110011111 1111101011101 1000100101010101101 111101110101 001010101100101 10110100100 111000101010101 111 111101100111011 100100100010110 101001100111001 100110111011001 1111010111101 11010101 100100100100101 101010 11110110111 1001110010 11101111011 1010100000 111110010101001 110100111 110111110101 01110111111001 110001011010010110 1100001110111 101101110 10111010110100 101011101101 11110111111000101 111111001010100100110111 11111001101001101 10101101011 10101011111000010010100 11001011011001010 10101001010111 101010010101111000110 1111010001000111011 11011001011 1111001 110101111001 10111111111 1110110011101111 1101011111111111 11101011001011 110100100110 1101001000101010 1101111001 1110111110 11001101110001 10101001101 10110001 1111110 10111111110111011 1101111101 1011011011111111011 110010001011001100 101010011101010010011 1100100110100101 1111111011100 11001101011011111 101101000101100111 110110101110001 10110101010 101101010110100111011 110101110101 1101011001100001 10000010010101010111011 1001001000100011010101 10101101 01010101001011 11111101011011101 111111110101111100100 1010111100011 101111010101010 10011111 11110010111 10010111 110000101111001 111010110101 01010110110010 1111101001010111101010 111010011 1011011010 1001111 101101001 110101111110110111 1111101000 1010100101 10001100101 110110010100 10101110 11010001011010 10111001111010 1010101101011 101101111101010 1010101011111 10101010110101 10111 1101010001 11010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 40
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 102
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, and, of, his, who, him, he, to, i, said, that are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words 'and, 'but, 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 ', 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 7;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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