This is an analysis of the poem The Emigrant Mother that begins with:
ONCE in a lonely hamlet I sojourned
In which a Lady driven from France did dwell;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xababcbc dedeff e gghhebebee X iieXbfbfee X eejjfdfdkk X eeiXjejehh e ffeehjhjjj e eeiieaeacc X ffllmbmbdd X nneejijieeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,10,1,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010101100 01010100101 0111010111 0101011101 0101001101 1111010101 00110010111 1100111111 1101010101 0111001101 10000110101 1111100111 1101111111 1101000101 1 111100010 110110110 11011111 11010101 11110101 11100101 11010011 11110101 01110110 110100101 1 10010111 11110111 01110111 10101100 11011111 11011101 11110111 11010011 00110101 11111001 1 11010111 11010101 11101111 11110111 01011101 11010101 01101111 01011101 01100111 11000111 1 11110101 11110111 110111001 1111010010 11111101 11111111 11110111 110010101 11110111 11010101 1 11111101 11011111 11010011 01110101 11011111 11010101 11111011 11011011 11011110 11110100 1 11111101 01010111 11011111 010100101 10010101 01110111 11110101 11011101 11010111 10110111 1 111010101 11110100 11111111 11111101 11011111 11001110 11111111 11011011 10011111 11010001 1 11111101 010001001 01011101 11010101 110101110 11111101 11110101 11010101 01010110 11111111 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 103
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; in, thou, no, thy, and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word mine is repeated.
The author used the same word once at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase no connects the lines.
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- summary of The Emigrant Mother;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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