This is an analysis of the poem The Traveller In Africa that begins with:
A Dramatic Sketch
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a b bcXdbef cgchgdihidj dklXffcmlabfe jmkcibXeme ffmmcbXigcjbcdlXk Xbmikfkj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,7,11,13,10,17,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 00101 0101 010100100010 1111111101 1101110001 0101110 101 1101111011 1001010111 1101010001 0101110111 1001010101 0101101101 1101110001 0101110 1010 1101110101 0101111101 11010100110 0101010001 01010101010 1101111111 1111010111 11111001011 1111010001 0101011101 0101110101 10010101000 1010001101 11110010101 1101010101 1101011111 0101010011 1111011101 1101010101 0110010001 10010101010 1111110101 1101110111 0111110101 1101110111 1101111101 0011011101 0101011111 1111010101 1101011101 0111011101 0101001101 11000011101 11111101001 1101111101 1111111101 1011010101 1011111111 11010101001 1101110101 10110101110 1011010111 1111011100 11011111111 01 1101011101 110010011010 1111110111 10011010111 1111110111 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 355
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 74
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; and, i, he, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Traveller In Africa;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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