This is an analysis of the poem In Despair that begins with:
He has lost him completely. And now he is seeking
on the lips of every new lover...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXba cbXXb cXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111100011010 1011000110 01001000001 0100110100010 110011000011010 1111100001110011 1110111110001 001000110001 001000000101 1111111001 1111100001110011 001000000010 10101000011010 101001101111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word from is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of In Despair;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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