This is an analysis of the poem Anhelli - Chapter 8 that begins with:

And passing further they beheld many men pale and tortured,
whose names are known in the fatherland....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa Xbc cX bac dc dX b Xae dXaf aga eXX XhX ihdX ai cffa cff dg cX abi afb aXX hX dX aaiXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,2,3,2,2,1,3,4,3,3,3,4,2,4,3,2,2,3,3,3,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101101011110 111100101 11100001001 1010010100110 1111110010001010 10101100101000001 1111110001000 110111100010100110 0010110 10110110100111101001 1001110101100110101101 11111101110 1111111110 1100101111100101 110110101111010 111000111011110100100 111011100101 101001101111110110 1100010010111111 11110011110101010111 11010111 1111010101 11010111111110 110010111111011101 111101110111010001 10011100111010 1011110011111010010 11101 11001010100 1111101010110000010010 1111011101110 11111011000010001 10100011110111011 1010111001010110 01101100011111101111 1100111 1110111110100010 1101100100101011 101011 1111110101011 101011011011 101111111010111101010 111111011010100110101 111111101 1101111010 000010110001001001 110110010001011010101010 101111101011010 10101011 10110111010101011011001010 1110010101 1110110111110100010 1101101010 1110101000010 1010001001111 110010100110101 1110010101 1101111001 110101101101 01011001011001001011001 1110100110100 101000101100001 10100110101101 111111001010010 111110000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (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; and, of, to, he, we, our, us, that, they 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, '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 ', blood 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 8;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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