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

I must not think of thee; and, tired yet strong,
I shun the love that lurks in all delight--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdbcdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11110111011 1101110101 01011001101 1001010001 1101010111 01010111011 1011010101 1111010111 11110111001 1111001111 1111111101 1110110101 0011110011 11111110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 654
  • Average number of words per stanza: 129
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; in, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

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