This is an analysis of the poem The Inheritance that begins with:
Since you did depart
Out of my reach, my darling,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcadc efaefa gafgaf fbdfbX cfcfXf hijhij
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001 1011110 00010 111111 0101011 11010 1110011 1110111 11101 0110111 1111001 111 11101010 101101001 00101 10010010 101001111 1101 1101001 110101 1001 01010111 11001001 1100 11101 100101 10111 00101011 11101010 0111101 11111011 110101 1101 11010101 0110111 111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word me is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Inheritance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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