Verses I by Charlotte Smith: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Verses I that begins with:

O'ERWHELM'D with sorrow, and sustaining long
'The proud man's contumely, th' oppressor's wrong,'... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccddeeffaaggcchhaaiibb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10001010101 111100011001 1001001101 1101010101 1111011101 10011110001 11010101010 01010101010 0101010101 1100011101 1111001101 0101011101 1101011101 1111110111 1011010101 0101001101 11011000011 1101000101 11001111101 0101101101 1011110111 1111111101 11001110101 1101111101 0111010111 0101001111 10010010101 1111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 214
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; of, my are repeated.

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

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

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