This is an analysis of the poem Of Honourable Lineage that begins with:

Of honourable lineage in Contessa was born
Nick Chetta, a scion of the Albanian soil....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX aXbX bXb XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0100100010011 1100100001001 1100100001001 1011101001001 011101010010 00100110011 01110001010 11010111101 101111011 001011001111 111010010001010 1010101001 1101011010 001010001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; him, with, he are repeated.

    The author used the same word like 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 Of Honourable Lineage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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