This is an analysis of the poem The Eviction that begins with:

In early morning twilight, raw and chill,
Damp vapours brooding on the barren hill, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXeXcffbb ggeeddccXXbbhhggiigg ggffggjjkkddddiiaaXikk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,20,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101011111 1101010101 110010010101 1011010111 1111010101 11011001011 0101010101 1001110111 1101010101 0101010101 11110010101 1001010110 1111010101 1011001111 110101011 11010110101 01010010101 0101011111 1111010011 1111110011 0101010001 01010100011 10011010101 1011011111 1111011001 1101110101 1101010101 0111010111 1101100111 111011100101 01010111001 0101010101 0101110111 1101110101 11101110101 1101010101 0101010101 1111010110 0111010101 1101010101 1101110101 0101110101 1111010101 11001011101 1001010110 10001010101 1101110101 0101010101 1101011011 1101010101 0100010101 011110111 0100011101 1111010101 11010011110 1011010101 1101010101 0101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 866
  • Average number of words per stanza: 148
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, her are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Eviction;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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