This is an analysis of the poem The Exile's Choice that begins with:
Since justice slumbers in the abysm,
Since the crime's crowned with despotism,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabaab ccadda bbeffe aadbbd gghffh ddehhe ggiggi bXdccd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100010 101101010 111011110 11011111 11010101 110110010 11010011 101101010 00110101 10010101 11110111 010010101 10110111 01111101 01010101 001010100 10111100 11010101 10111110 10011101 100111101 11011101 110110111 11010111 11011111 111011111 11011111 11011100 11111100 11010101 11010101 10100101 11010111 11010111 010101001 11010001 11110101 010011100 11011101 110111010 101101010 101010101 11011101 110010110 10110111 10010111 0111111 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; since is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words since, the, and, of are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Exile's Choice;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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