This is an analysis of the poem Desertion that begins with:
So light we were, so right we were, so fair faith shone,
And the way was laid so certainly, that, when I'd gone,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeedd ffggaadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111011101111 1011111001111 111111110101 1010111010101 110111010101 110101010101 10101011111 111101110111 01111001111 1101011010001 110101011111 110001110111 11001011111 110111011001 110110011111 110101100110 101101111001 110111011101 1011101011101 101111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 541
- Average number of words per stanza: 104
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; so, you, of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
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- summary of Desertion;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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