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

SOME have won a wild delight,
By daring wilder sorrow;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gdgd hihi gigi acac jkjjk XfXf ldld gmgm ededXfmfm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1101010 1111101 1101010 1010101 111011 10100111 010101 1010101 110101 1111111 011101 11001001 111101 1101101 010101 11010101 11011 11110101 1100101 1110101 010111 1010101 10111 11110101 0101010 1110111 0101110 1011111 010111 11010111 11110101 110101 01011111 101101 101111010 1111001 1001101 101111 11111101 1000111 11110011 011101 11011101 110101 11110101 0111001 111000101 111101 11110101 110101 11010101 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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