This is an analysis of the poem The Hand Of Glory, : The Nurse's Story that begins with:

Malefica quaedam auguriatrix in Anglia fuit, quam demones horribiliter extraxerunt, et imponentes super equum terribilem, per aera rapuerunt;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X abcDDCeefggfhhebbeeeeaaX aXaedddeeeffcijjjcX aacDDC kkggaaajXccc aaaeefffae lLDMMDLX nnnnnggee ccgggi ccaaaooahhhkkpddpp ciaaXccccqqbbchh aaadddhhhrraannlLDMMDLXhllcdddC nnhheeeeXessaaattacaiddrrjjkkkjj kkkccllhhXnn khkhdd ccc ssnnnggaakkddhhoojjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,24,19,6,12,10,8,9,6,18,16,31,32,12,6,3,21,5,16,6,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001010000100111001000010001100010101000110100100100011011011001000 101 10111 101110 010101 101 01001 111111 10111 00111 110101 11001 01101 010111001 10111 10101 10100111 11010 0110110 110101001 1111 11101 101100111 1111 11101 1111100111 1111101011001 11010110110 11101001101 01001 010010 01111 101001 001111 01011 01001011011 111001011001 010011001001 1110010110010 010110011010 011001111001 001001101001 101011101001 11111001011 1111001101001 1101 11101 1111010 101 01001 111111 110100101 011001011001 10111011001 1001111001 11001 1101 01101011001 101001101111 01101101010 111001 111101 011001111001 1101 01101 0010010010011 001101 00111 11001 101001 11101111001 101001011001 01101011010 1101 00111 111111 1111 11011 10100111 11111111 10101101110 1010101 10101001001 101001001001 101001 111 10110111 111101011 11011011001 1011101101 10100111 1011001011 01001 10101 11110101 111010100 0111001011 001011111 111101001 1011100101 110101111 101101 11011 10100110111 100101 100001 010100001011 1000100111 101110101 1111001001 00011 0101 110011001 1100100101 10111111 1111010100 0101 01001 011100110 10110100101 1111101111 110011 001011 1011101011 011111001001 111010 110010 1100101 11111011001 1011101001 1101001 1101101 011100111 10111 11001 11101001001 1101 00101 01011001011 11111101001 110111111 1111 11101 110111011 0010100111 101 00111 111111 1111 11011 10100111 11111111 1010110111001111110 1111011001 10110101 11101001001 011011110 1111 11001 1101001001 111111 111101111101 10101100101 01011 001011 111001111001 101001101011 10010111011001 101001001001 111010 1001 101111011011 11101101001 11111 101001 101101001011 11011101011 101001101001 10111 01111 0101 11100 01001101001 01101001001 11111001101 110011011001 010110110010 111011011110 11101101101 101101001001 011001101101 011111011111 01011101011 11011 01101 1000101101 01101 01001 101111101001 111101001001 11110111101 11101011011 101101011101 111011101001 111111011011 1010101 11100101 110111001 011110101 0100101010 11101100101 11010101 10110101101 11110001011 1101010010 1111110010 1001 111 11111011001 10110111 1111111011 11101 1001 0101101001 0101100111 11101 10101 10101101000 1001101101 110110111 1111001001101 01110101011 110001111001 110100101 11101101001 101101101001 101001101001 11111011111 101011011001 101011001011 01101 101001 11001111101 001101001011 101011 100001 01001011011 11011101101 101011101101 101001001101 1111011100 01011011011 101101001011 101001001011 110100111 11110111001 1101101011001 10101101101 00111110 11001 110001 111111 1101011001011 101111001010 011110111 111101111101 111101111101 0010011111 00110101111 111001 110011 01001001011 10110101101 101111001101 001001111001 101101101001 1111 111101 11111011101 1111101001010 111111 111001 101100111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 487
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 288
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; by, and, her, that, horrible, to, all, hath, his, little, pug, dead, black, they, have, tied, up are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, her, flowers, there, they are repeated.

    The author used the same words all, there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ' connects the lines.

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

  • summary of The Hand Of Glory, : The Nurse's Story;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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