This is an analysis of the poem The Irreparable that begins with:
Can we stifle the old, long-lived Remorse,
that lives, writhes, heaves,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbabAcdedccXcbcfbfXfGhehGijcjiFXfeFAeeeAkXgjkblXlb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1110011101 11101 111101101 1111011 1110011101 0110011011 11101100 1001010101 1111100100 0110011011 11101111011 10101010 1010110101 1001010 11101111011 10101000101010 1010101 101010101010 0010111 1101000101010 110100011101 111010010 1011010111 110110010 110100011101 0111001010 01001010 10101110111 101110110 010101001010 0100111101 1111010100 11101010101 11111110 0100111101 0010000010011 1110100100 1101011010 01001000100 0010000010011 011010011 1110100100 110101001001 000101010 011010011 01010101111 10001010 11111100101 001110101 101010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2007
- Average number of words per stanza: 363
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, in, what, tell are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words tell, can are repeated.
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- summary of The Irreparable;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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