This is an analysis of the poem Banishment that begins with:

I am banished from the patient men who fight
They smote my heart to pity, built my pride. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdcddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11100010111 1111010111 1001010111 1101011101 1101110011 1101010111 1111110011 0111010001 01011101110 0100011111 011110011110 11001111010 1111010011 10110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Banishment;
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  • history of its creation;
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