This is an analysis of the poem The Solitary Huntsman that begins with:

The solitary huntsman
No coat of pink doth wear,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXbXcdDC AeXeecdDC fafaXXdDC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 110111 11110101 010111 11010010 010101 1101 111001 110111 0101010 110101 11010101 1100101 0101010 110011 0101 111001 110111 1101100 111001 0111010 110011 0101010 100100 110101 111001 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; him is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word go at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Solitary Huntsman;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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