This is an analysis of the poem The Wandering Jew's Soliloquy that begins with:

Is it the Eternal Triune, is it He
Who dares arrest the wheels of destiny... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbccddbXeffefegegfXeXhgXhaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0000101001 1101010100 1110010101 0101010111 0111011101 1111110101 01000101001 1100110001 1110011101 11011000010 10011100101 11110101001 0101010111 1100010101 11011010001 1001010011 0100101010010 1001010011 100100101010 0101010001 10111101100 1011101101 101011101011 11010011001 1111110111 1101011000100 1111010110 0101011101 11010101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1281
  • Average number of words per stanza: 222
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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

  • summary of The Wandering Jew's Soliloquy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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