This is an analysis of the poem 1985 that begins with:

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth
the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX aaaXbXXXaXbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010101111 010111010 01001011 01010011101110 101100011110100 0101011111010 11101000111 11110001001101 110011111110 11111001111 01011101011111 01011101110101 1101010010010110 01011101100101 01010011101000 0001011111010101 01110111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 429
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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; of, as are repeated.

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

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  • summary of 1985;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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