This is an analysis of the poem Resignation that begins with:
WHEN I am only fit to go to bed,
Or hobble out to sit within the sun,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba acca dXedbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111010101 1101010101 1101010101 1011000101 1111011111 1111111101 1101111100 1110010001 1010010110 1101011111 1101011001 1100110101 1010110101 1011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to, i 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 Resignation;
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