This is an analysis of the poem Envy that begins with:
Black drips the ooze that you secrete on all
That Honour's burin graves or Love holds dear: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcada
- 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: 1101110111 1101011111 1101111101 11001010101 1100010001 0101010111 1001010111 1101111101 1100111111 1001110111 1100010111 11110101011 1111000101 0100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 628
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, that are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Envy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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