This is an analysis of the poem His Visitor that begins with:
I come across from Mellstock while the moon wastes weaker
To behold where I lived with you for twenty years and more:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbb Xcdcc Xebee Xedadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010101110 00111101110011 11100110100011 11110100010101 101 01110011110 01010101010100 01110101010 11011101110111 101 1010110001110 111111011101011 11011101111 11011101011101 101 1111010001110 1110101010101 11101110001110 101010101011101 101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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; i, and, never, who are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of His Visitor;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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