This is an analysis of the poem The Beloved Comes Home that begins with:

The one I longed for has come home;
The raging fire of separation is quenched....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXb XcXd XXdaeceb eXeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,8,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111111 0101001010010 1101011101 0111011 10011 1010100 10101010 1101001 11000100 001110 0101001 1010011 101111001 110101001 0010111101 110110111 1010010000101 101110101010 1011101 0100100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Beloved Comes Home;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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