This is an analysis of the poem The King's Hunt Is Up that begins with:

The hunt is up, the hunt is up,
And it is well nigh day;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabA cded fded cafa deaeXeabA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 100111 110110110 010101 01010101 110001 101011101 010101 01010101 110101 010111101 110001 010100101 011101 010110101 0110011 01010111 101101 1100111101 011001 01111101 010111 110110110 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the 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 King's Hunt Is Up;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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