This is an analysis of the poem Alienation that begins with:
For the first time since he was born
Her son, her rose without a thorn,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXcc ccddee cXffcc ggXXbbXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111111 01010101 111100110 11110111 01010001 10010111 001101010 101101110 10011101 11111010 11010111 10100100 11110101 10010100 10011101 11010101 10110011 10110110 11010101 100111001 10011111 10111111 1011010010 011101010 11010111 11101101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words something, and are repeated.
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- summary of Alienation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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