This is an analysis of the poem Madala Goes By The Orphanage that begins with:

Unaware of its terror,
And but half aware...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacbXdecfgfgfgfaaahahhXiedaijiciXjXXeffehfhfggffggkkgjgcXgeefgXggeekckclcllcelX XXhbhXllfbfbhXghg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 80,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010 11101 0011010 011101 11001001 101100 011100 01111000111 1001001 1001001 0111110 10110101 11000111 1011101 010100011 10011 11010010 1011010 11011110 0100111 1111110 1111011 100101 101100 0101011 1011101 1011100 1110100 1111010101 1100111 0111001 011101 1101010110 1010101 011101 110001010 0111100 1100111 011111 0111001 110111 011101 110101 0110011 110101 011101 10110111 1101011111 010101111 1011111 001111 11111001 1011011101 10101 110011 111011 111101 1111001 1100101 101101 101111 110111 1010001 1010001 110111 10011010111 10001111011 110101 11011101 100110111010 111111 111111 1101101 1101110 111101 10100111 111101 110111000 0110111 011011110101 110100100 100101001 110010101 00111101 01110101 11011100 1011111 10010101 0111001 011001 1001101 11001001 0111011 101100 101111 10110111 11001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1539
  • Average number of words per stanza: 284
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, her, and, to, quaked are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, while, thoughts, 'who, 'such, the are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her is repeated).

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  • summary of Madala Goes By The Orphanage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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