This is an analysis of the poem The Satrapy that begins with:
What a misfortune, although you are made
for fine and great works...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXbaaXXdXXdcXXccXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001011111 11111 00110111 0110100101 1110111 110010100 1110001111 01111111 11111110 11100111000 11000101001 1101100101 11010001 1111111 11110111101 0100101010 0111100011 010001001010 111000111 1011100100 111111011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 792
- Average number of words per stanza: 143
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, things are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines yield is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Satrapy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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