This is an analysis of the poem De Profundis that begins with:
Too long, alas, too long
My patient heart endures...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab XaXa cdcd cece efef ghgh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 110101 0111001 0111010101 111101 011101 110100 1011011111 110111 1100101 101111 11110010101 1011010 0100101 0101010 0101110101 101101 010001 100001 10110010101 111111 010111 111101 0111000101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of De Profundis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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