This is an analysis of the poem Zapolya that begins with:
Song
(Act II, Scene I, lines 65-80)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a X bbbb Xcbc ddeeeeeX a X eeffeDDE ggcceDDE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,8,1,1,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1111111 01010101 0101010 11010111 1111010 1111110110 01110101 010100101 110100 11110101 111101 01011101 010011011 1101 101101 10001101 10000001011 111 1111111 11111101 0011101 11110101 11011001 1011111 100001011 1000111 010100101 1011101 0010101 11010101 01110101 1011111 100001011 1000111 010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; he, of, image, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, image are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines away is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word day at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Zapolya;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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