This is an analysis of the poem Branded that begins with:
Tragic is the self misplaced.
Tragic is a lost identity......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbbbXbaccXcdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1000101 100010100 110110011011 100010 101110110 1111011001 1010 10110111 110001 001010101 10011011 01011010 1100 111101010 11110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 445
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; tragic is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word tragic is repeated.
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- summary of Branded;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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