This is an analysis of the poem The Bandit that begins with:
Upon his way to rob a Bank
He paused to watch a fire;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbb XcXcdd efefXXXffffbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 1101010 11010111 1101010 11011011 010001 01010011 010001 11011100 110111 10010101 110001 11010101 010101 110111001 110101 01110101 0111 00111101 010011 10111101 111101 01010011 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; he is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, the are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Bandit;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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