This is an analysis of the poem Onward Keep that begins with:

Onward keep ! Forget the self that cried :
'This world's a forest choked with ice and ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaXaXabcdcdefefdgdgdadahhbhicic
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010111 110101011 1 11010101101 1101001101 11010111 01010101 11010001 01011101 1101001 111101 110101 110101 1001 0100 1101 1101 101 101 011 101 101 101 101 001 101 111 111 111 111 111 001 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 746
  • Average number of words per stanza: 136
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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 no, and, what, this are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase fall connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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