This is an analysis of the poem Vae Victis! that begins with:
Here in this isle
The summer still lingers,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaccdd eeeeffdd ghhgiidd jhhjkkff lcclmmjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001 010110 110110 11001 001001 11011 001101111110 01010 01001 101011 001011 101011 1110010 111010 11010010010 011010 01111 1010110 011010 101011 111001 001001 1110010111110 1010010 101011 101111 101111 101001 001101 001111 011010110110 110010 11001 111001 11011 11011 110111 1101011 111111111001 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, the are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Vae Victis!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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