This is an analysis of the poem Compensations that begins with:
Not with a flash that rends the blue
Shall fall the avenging sword....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab bbbb cdcd bebe fgfg bhbh hihi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011101 1100101 1010101 010101 01010011 010111 11110001 110001 01110101 010001 01001101 111101 01110101 101111 0100001001 111101 11010111 11001001 11000101 111100 01110101 011101 11110101 101101 10111101 010101 11001101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Compensations;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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