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

Mother, let us imagine we are travelling, and passing through a
strange and dangerous country....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacXXdXXeXXeXXeXdcafbXXfgfXhXXXhgiXefdaXiXjXXcXeXjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 52,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101110011010 1110010 111000100111101110 11 0010101110101000 1111011010100110 111011010111111 10 1101100110100 01101001011101 010101 11110001001111 101101 011111011111101 11110 10011111100101010 11010 1111101011101 10011 111011001010100 101 010100101010010 1 1101100011011100 0110111111011 11110110 111001110111111 110 1101010011110 11111110111011 01010 1110011110 11111101101111 100101110 01011101010111 0110111001100 100011011011010 11111010111011 1101101 111011101110000 101010 11111110101111 1010 10111111011011001 10 01010110110111 101011111 0101010001 11011100100111111 110000 1101011100101001 10101100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2464
  • Average number of words per stanza: 436
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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; and, in, i, to are repeated.

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

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