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

In that new world toward which our feet are set,
Shall we find aught to make our hearts forget... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccDD eeffeeDD aaaabbdD ggccbbdD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01110111111 1111011101 11011011001 11001010110 11010000111 1101010111 1011010111 11011101001 1101010101 0101010101 01110001001 01001100101 0101010101 0101010101 1011010111 11011101001 1101010111 1111110101 1101010101 0001010111 1101111111 0101011101 1011010111 11011101001 11011111010 1101110101 1111110001 01010100101 1111110110 1011011111 101110010111 11011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rain is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word song at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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