This is an analysis of the poem The Exiles Don'T Look Back… that begins with:

The exiles don't look back when leaving
one place of exile - for more exile ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcXdefXcfdXgcXXXbXXgaXeeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111110 110111111 101101010 00100110001 10011111 11010010010 1001000110101 001 101101010010 11000110100111 1001010101010 1010011010010101101 101101010010 0010100100 110001001 101110 110110110100 101011001101 001101010 11011111111 1101100101001 11110010 11100010 110100011001 1111010001 101 101101010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 209
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, they, to are repeated.

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  • summary of The Exiles Don'T Look Back…;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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