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

I have gone backward in the work,
The labour has not sped,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacXbd aede fcXc baba Xfcf bdad abXb dgdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110001 011111 10111101 101111 11111101 010100 11111101 111101 11011111 0101001 11110111 111111 110111010 010101 110101010 111101 11010111 1111001 11000101 110111 11111101 110101 10111101 110101 11011101 111101 11110111 1101001 11011111 110111 110101001 111101 11011111 111101 11011111 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, how, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, how are repeated.

    The author used the same word and 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 Despondency;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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