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

I made sackcloth my garment once, by cutting
arm and neck holes into a burlap bag....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcdXeXcXeXacfXXbfggd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11101101110 1111000111 0101110100 1101110101 0101010111 0101011001 01010111 01000110011 10111111011 10011111 11010110 1110101111 1110100110 111101100 110101111101 01000101110101 01011110011 10101110101 0111110101 110111010101 110111100011 10111000101 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1000
  • Average number of words per stanza: 191
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as is repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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