This is an analysis of the poem Discredited that begins with:
Three million women without mates
In lonely homes on earth!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: abaab cacXa dedde efeef ebeeb dgddg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010011 010111 11011101 110010101 010101 11010100 010001 11111111 01010100 110101 11110100 010101 11110111 11111111 011111 11110101 110101 11110111 11011111 111111 11010101 111101 11010101 010010101 111101 01011101 010011 01011111 01110101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, of are repeated.
The author used the same word three 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 Discredited;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
