This is an analysis of the poem A Departure that begins with:
Since first the White Horse Banner blew free,
By Hengist's horde unfurled,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcX bcbcbdbX bdbdedeX ababdddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111011 110101 10111111 0011101 101101110101 10010101 111111001 1001011 111100111 110101 111100111 1110111 10010100111 10010111 10101111 1001011 010100111 010101 11110100101 1010101 1001011111 110101 11111111 1001010 100111001 1010101 10011111 1110111 100111001 110111 10101101 1001010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word woe at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Departure;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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