This is an analysis of the poem The Stranger that begins with:
The Stranger within my gate,
He may be true or kind,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaXa BcXcXc dacaaa BeXede fgfgXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100111 110111 1111111 110101 1101101101 110101 010111 111111 1110111100 11100111 111110100 1110111 0100111 1101010 1110111001 110101 110100111 110101 010111 101110 111110111 110111 11101100111 1100101 0111001 100101 1010111 1010111 111011111 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; to, his, and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Stranger;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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