This is an analysis of the poem The Kingdom that begins with:
Now we are come to our Kingdom,
And the State is thus and thus; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcbA AdXdA AcecA AfefggA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110110 1010111 110110101 100101 11110110 11110110 1010101 0010110101 1100101 11110110 11110110 1010111 011111101 110011 11110110 11110110 111111 1111111111 0101011 1100101 11100111 11110110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, our, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word now is repeated.
The author used the same word now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines kingdom is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word kingdom at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Kingdom;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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