This is an analysis of the poem De Profundis that begins with:
Come let us curse our Master ere we die,
For all our hopes in endless ruin lie....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc ddd eee fff bbb ddd ggg aaa bbbXeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111110111 1111010101 0001111111 1100011111 01110010111 1111011111 1111010111 1011110101 1101110111 1100011101 1111110111 01011010111 1111011001 1101110111 1111010101 10000110101 0101110101 0011111101 11010111001 1100010101 1001010001 1001110001 1101111101 1111011101 1101011101 0011010010 1111110101 11011101111 11001111111 11011100011 1111110101 1101110001 1111110101 1111101101 1011101111 1111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, our are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).
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.
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