This is an analysis of the poem An Exile's Death that begins with:
Of what does this poor exile dream?
His garden plot, his dewy mead,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbccCC dedeXccCC fgfghcXCC ieieeccCC jXjkkclCC kjkjXccCC fjXjjclCC jcjXccXCC hchlccXCC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01101111 01010101 01010101 110010101 010010111 11110111 01110101 11010101 0101111101 01010111 10110011 1101010101 101111011 10111100 1010011111 01011101 11010101 0101111101 01110101 110110101 11010111 11011111 11111100 11101101 10011110 11010101 0101111101 01110111 11111101 11010111 10011101 11011111 11011101 010100111 11010101 0101111101 11010100 0111110010 10111111 1101111010 101101010 11010111 111010100 11010101 0101111101 11110101 11111100 11110101 11010101 0110111110 01010101 01010001 11010101 0101111101 10010111 010011101 11010101 11110111 11010011 01110101 11010100 11010101 0101111101 111100101 11011111 11110111 11011101 11111101 11111111 11010100 11010101 0101111101 110111110 011000101 110111110 01111100 11011100 11111101 11011111 11010101 0101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 333
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 81
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; his, and, i are repeated.
The author used the same word on at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word die at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of An Exile's Death;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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