This is an analysis of the poem Consalvo that begins with:

Approaching now the end of his abode
On earth, Consalvo lay; complaining once,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdecaafgahigjkfigllhmfgamdjnhiXdgbdXkaoddidkppgjdgbadg Xhgkakahcdeeknhbg ecdagajdecmlpobbmgoggaafeedblpbXanggelbkiXmX dfgdfgadkjf kXlbggjgggoagjhgblXbdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 58,17,44,11,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010001 1101010101 0011111101 10010011010 0101001111 1111110101 1101010101 1001110101 1111010001 1111011101 0011000101 1101110001 01010100001 1101010101 0101110100 0101010001 0100010101 0101010110 1111011101 101110001010 01010100111 1101110111 1101101101 1111010101 1101110111 0100010011 0111011101 0111010011 110011101 1101011101 1111110111 1111110100 1111111111 10011101110 01010010100 1101111101 01011100101 0101011101 1111010111 1101010101 0101000101 1101010101 11010111101 1111110101 1101010101 11010101010 0101011101 0100110101 1111110111 1111010101 1101010111 1101010101 1101011101 1001010011 1111111111 0101010101 1001000011 01010100111 0101011000 1101010001 0101010100 0111000101 1011110011 0101000101 0111010111 0111110101 0101111111 1101011111 1111001110 0100010111 1101001111 0101010100 1101110001 01010101001 0001010101 1111011011 0111111100 0100111101 01111100010 0101010111 1001011101 1001010111 1111011111 1111110101 0111010111 0100110101 1111011111 0101110101 1110010101 1101010101 0101010100 1100111111 0101010100 1111010111 0101011110 1101001101 11101011111 0111111001 1101110101 1111010111 01011101101 1101100101 1100111111 0100110101 0111011101 1001000101 1001110011 1110011101 0101010100 0101010101 11110010100 11110101001 0101011101 0111110100 1111011111 0100010100 1101110100 1011011100 0101010100 1001010101 0111010011 1101010111 0111110111 0001000101 1101111100 0111110001 1101011111 1101011100 1111111111 1100110101 1101010101 01011100110 0111111101 0101111101 1101110101 1001110101 1111111111 1111010111 1100111101 1111011101 1111110111 1111110001 1001010111 11110010101 1101000101 11010100011 0101011100 1101110101 1111010111 1111110100 1101010101 0100110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 237
  • Amount of lines: 152
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, his, for, her, thee, i, with, in, to, at are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, of, will, how are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Consalvo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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