This is an analysis of the poem The Return that begins with:
They turned him loose; he bowed his head,
A felon, bent and grey....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb afaf fb Xfb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,2,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111101 010111 01110101 111101 11010011 011011 11010101 11000101 11100101 011101 11110101 110101 01010101 110101 10111110011 111001 01111101 110101 11110101 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 21
- 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Return;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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