This is an analysis of the poem Caged that begins with:
ALAS for fame ! I saw a genius sit,
Draining full bumpers with a trembling hand,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccdc efefXdXd ghghfifi hfhfjfjf ebebeheh cacajeje ccdcajaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111110101 10110001001 1111000101 1101010101 1011111101 1101110101 10010101010 1111010101 0111010101 010010100101 01110011101 0101111111 0101011011 11011101010 1101011101 11010111010 1001110101 0101010111 1011010101 1011010111 11110101001 01011101101 1011010101 1111110111 00110100001 10101010100 0101110001 1010011101 1011011111 1011000101 1011010111 1011010101 1011000101 0111010111 1111010101 1101010101 1110101111 11010101001 11001011001 1101010101 1000110101 0101000101 11011101001 10010101101 10110011101 1101011111 1101110111 11110011101 1101011101 1011011111 11010101010 1111110101 1111010110 0101110001 11010011100 1101010100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 349
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Caged;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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