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

I remember the Roman Emperor, one of the cruellest of them,
Who used to visit for pleasure his poor prisoners cramped in dungeons,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcdbc ac XaeX eXXeadeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,2,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100101001001000 11010110011001010 1111111111111 11111111101 111011101110101 111011111101 11111111101 110101 1111101 1101001101 11011100100001 10100101 1011100101011 10111101011010 1001101110110 110110100010 110101101010010010 11011010111 111011110111 111011011 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

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

    The poet repeated the same word enough 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 Exeat;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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