This is an analysis of the poem Fallen that begins with:

For want of bread to eat and clothes to wear —
Because work failed and streets were deep in snow,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdeedc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101011101 0111110101 10111101111 1011110101 1011111111 01001000101 0101011101 1101011011 1101111101 1011111111 1101001101 01001000101 1101110101 0111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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 the, and are repeated.

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

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