This is an analysis of the poem Ælla, A Tragical Interlude - Act Iv that begins with:

SCENE I.
AT BRYSTOWE.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbXbbXbXcX XXXadXeXXXfXXXddXXdfXgXXaXXXXXfXXXXXfdXdXXXXaXXXXafafXX XXXXXXhXXhXXXXXXXXXbXX XXXXhg XXXgXXXaXa XcXXagXaXXXaXXXaXXaXaXfXXXXXXXXXXXXXcXXXXXeXX XXX XdXdXXXXXaah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,55,22,6,10,45,3,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 110 111000 10 1111110111 0101111111 11110111010 111111101 11110011101 1101111011 110101100111 1101011110 100110101 111101110110 100 11 1 1110001 1001010101 100 100 1 1111101 100 1 1 1110 100 011111 110111111 111111010 1 1111111111 111111111 100 10 1 10000101011 111101110111 100 111111111 1 11 100 110101011 1111010101 0101110111 1 0101 100 010111 11110100101 11110010111 1101111101 1110010111 11011011110100 1 1111111101 0101111101 100 1101111111 1111010111 1 1111111111 111110011 1111111101 1101110111 11101101 110011111011 100 01011100101 1111111001 10110110111 0101111110 1011111101 11111011101 1 111111111101 1111111101 1101010001 101110111011 11011000111 11010110111 1101111111 01010111001 1101110111 00110110101 1111011111 1001000111 1100110101 111101111 100 1110100101 1 0111010111 110110111 0111010111 1 1110011111 1111010111 1101100101 11010001111 111101 100 1111 1 1111111111 1 1101 10 11111101101 111111111 111111011 1 1110111111 10 11011 1 11101 1101110111 11100 10 111001 1 11011010001 1111011111 10 11101110101 1100111001 1011100101 11110111001 1011101101 1100100110 011010111 1111011010 10 1101111111 1 1011111111 1101101110111 10 1111110111 111110111 1101100101 1011011101 1011011110 0101111001 1111101111 11111011011 01 1 11110 10 11111 110111110101 10 11111011 110010100001 11100101011 1110010111 10101111 111101111 1100111101 010111111 1001100101 1101101111101 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 703
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 168
  • 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; mie, lla, her, to, i, thou, thie, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words servytoure, lla at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lla is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase lla connects the lines.

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  • summary of Ælla, A Tragical Interlude - Act Iv;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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