This is an analysis of the poem The 'Eathen that begins with:
The 'eathen in 'is blindness bows down to wood an' stone;
'E don't obey no orders unless they is 'is own;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAbb ccdD b eeee Xfgg ffbb ccdd bbhh eecX bbaa ffbX aaii bbfX ggaa bbdd jjXX XaXe bbgg AAaaXccdD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0100110110111 1101110011011 1111110110101 11110100110101 101110010111 101110110111 101010111101 11111011011 101111010101101 0101010110111 1111110111101 1101010110111 11111100111101 01010100110101 1111110110101 11110100111111 101011111011101 0101010111101 111101011111 1111111111101 111101100011101 101110010101 101110110111 111010111101 10111011011 0101010110101 1111110111111 1101010000100111 111110101111111 0101010111101 1110111111011 11100101010101 101010101110111000 1111110110101 1111111011101 1111110110111 111011101110111 1101010110001 1111110110101 1101110010111 11110100110111 1101110010101 1101010111101 1101010110101 111011111110111 1101010111111 1101010110101 1111010111011 11111101111110 1111010110101 1111010110101 1101110110101 111111101010100 1101010110101 11110101100101 1101010100101 11011100010111 0111110110101 1001100011101 01110101111111 10111010010101 11010110011010110 110100100110101 1101010110111 11011101010001 1111111110101 111010101110101 01010101010101 111010101011101 0100110110111 1101110011011 0100110111101 101100100010101 101010010101 110010110111 111010111101 11111011011
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 77
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; 'e, an', 'is, all, along, o', 'im, gettin', to, watch, they, with, learns, their, now, it's, 'em, as, works, lifts are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'e, all, gettin', they, an' are repeated.
The author used the same words the, an' at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The 'Eathen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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