This is an analysis of the poem The Exile that begins with:
We told her that her far off shore was bleak and dour to view,
And that her sky was dull and mirk while ours was smiling blue.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbcX ccbX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101111111001 11011111111101 110101010010111 110101010111010 110111001101010 11011101101010 110101111001111 011001011101010 11010001111101 01000101110111 10101110101010111 110101010111010 11011101110110 11010101110001 10111110111011101 0100110111010100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, we, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Exile;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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