This is an analysis of the poem The Forefather that begins with:
HERE at the country inn,
I lie in my quiet bed, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abCb Xbdb dcXc ecXc XfXf acdcXedCd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 1101101 101010010 111011 100111 1101001 111001010 0110101 010101 0010101 01001010 0100111 1011111 010100 01001010 0101101 1000101 1110111 1011010 1101001 1111111 100111 11101010 100101 110101 1101101 101010010 101111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Forefather;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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