This is an analysis of the poem The Return that begins with:
I have come home again!
Dawn is a dream to me...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbbXXXA AccddcA AeeffeAXAbbbbbA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 100101 101100 10100 11110 100100 111101 111101 100111 101101 100101 101111 1101 111101 111101 100101 111101 1111010 1011010 1001 111101 110101 111101 111101 100101 110101 100101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, here, shine are repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 again is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word again at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase die connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Return;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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