This is an analysis of the poem The Vision that begins with:
An average man was Private Flynn,
Good stuff for soldiering, no doubt;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dcdc cccc ebeb fgfg bbbb hehe igig jfjf kiki lili bcbh aeae caca eeXeXeded
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110011101 01110011 10010110 01011011 11010101 1100100111 01010001 10110111 11010101 01111101 011101011 11111101 01001101 11010111 11111111 01000101 11011101 11010101 11110111 01110111 1010110111 11010101 11010111 11010111 11010101 11110101 11010101 011010111 11010101 10011101 10101101 11011100 110100111 111101111 10010101 010100101 11011101 100101001 11010101 10010101 11011011 00110111 11010101 01010101 11110111 11000111 10010111 01011101 11010011 10010101 11011101 01110101 110101010 11011101 100101010 010101001 11110101 100101001 01001101 01100101 11111110 11111101 1101100 01011001 001101101 11110111 11110101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 68
- 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; his, and, friend are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, he are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Vision;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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