This is an analysis of the poem The Death Of Murderer that begins with:
Within a hut along the shore,
Where all was wild and drear, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a Xa a ba c dc d bd e ee e be e ae a ba fe Xe be cg d gh bgd bhXi hjdhbja ddefej g hkjkbgjhXekldcembhm a edaabXjcdXakj aXadaklclcdgaclhchXdbkXhecmgdlhba jgdflXhX e he i fh c ac aXha
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,3,4,7,6,1,19,1,13,33,8,1,2,1,2,1,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 111111 01110111 111111 0101110 010111 010111001 010101 11110101 110101 1111110 010111 01010111 110101 11010101 110111 0111110 10001 01110111 110101 01010111 110111 1111110 010111 111101001 110101 11010101 010101 1111110 1100101 1110101110 11110001 0101 1010101 11010101 110101010 11010001 01 111110111110 1101111011 11011101010 1010101110 11011110101 1111111101 0111101101 0111011101 111110011010 1010110101 11111010101 111111011111 1111110011110 1111001101 0011000101 1100100111 111001100110 11011111111 111101010001 1101011100 1111110101 1111110111 11011011010 1110110101 1101110010 11010011001 1111110111 00111011111 0101010111 11010111010 1010111111 111111111010 1111111101 1111010111 10011111010 10111011011 0111011101 11111011101 0101110101 1110101011 1010111111 101010111 01111101010 1101110101 11111100111 1111111011 11111011011 1111110010 111100101 1110100111 1111100101 110110110101 1111101101 1101011111 1111001010 1011011111 1111000111 1100100101 0110111001 1011010111 110111010 1111111011 0101101101 1101001101 1111111010 10111110101 01111011 1011111111 1111111111 111010111010 11011110 110010111010 0101011111 110101110 1111010101 11011011101 01111110111 01010111101 01111110011 1111110111 10011111110 1101010111 11110111010 1111011101 10101010101 1101011101 110101101 1101011101 1101001001 1010011010 0101101001 1111101111111 11111111 010111 11010111 1100100 01011101 010101 11110101 110101 11011001 110101 1101111 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 40
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 145
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; and, his, to, none, i, her, 't, he, in, she, see, me, blind, my, it, gold, thou, there, mine, help, up are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, none, where, are are repeated.
The author used the same words and, he, ' at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase dying connects the lines.
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- summary of The Death Of Murderer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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