This is an analysis of the poem Roger Casement that begins with:
THEY have hanged Roger Casement to the tolling
of a bell,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbcXXXcX bXbXdddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101000010 001 1011010 11111101110101 1011010 1111110011 101 11110101100 100 1101111101 0101 10110110100 110010100010001 1011010 10111000010100 1011010 01110100111001 011001100110001 1111011010101 1110101010100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 406
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ochone, their, and, to are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word casement at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Roger Casement;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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