This is an analysis of the poem The Troubadour that begins with:

Glowing with love, on fire for fame
A Troubadour that hated sorrow...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababCdcX efefCDcX ghghCDcX eXeXCDcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 100111011 010111010 01010101 111101010 11001101 110011110 10111101 01010100 11110111 11010101 110001001 01010111 11001101 110011010 01111101 11010100 101010111 010111001 110011101 111101001 11001101 110011010 11011101 01010100 01010101 11010101 11010101 010100101 11001101 110011010 11110101 01010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Troubadour;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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