This is an analysis of the poem Despised And Rejected that begins with:

My sun has set, I dwell
In darkness as a dead man out of sight;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcc ddccceeeec eXcXf ffghhgX hhiiccbb XXdXdXehhfX ffjffhjhcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,10,5,7,8,11,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 0101011101 1101111111 011101 0101 101111 1101110111 1100110011 11111111 11011011 110111 1001 1001111101 1111 101001 1011 110111 1111 1011011101 1011010111 111110 1011110101 1001001101 110101 1011111111 111011 1111 11011111 1001 11110111 1101 111111 1111 1101110111 1101111011 111101 01111111 1111111100 1001 110011 1111 1001 1001111101 10111011001 111111 11111111 111111 1001 110101 1101 110101010 111100101 111 10011101 1010 110101 1111011111 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; me, thee, and, bleed, my are repeated.

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

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

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