This is an analysis of the poem Compensation that begins with:
I'd like to think when life is done
That I had filled a needed post. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbaaaa XdXdddee cabaffaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 11110101 11111111 01110111 11110101 01011111 11010111 01011101 11011101 11111100 01011101 10100101 11110111 11010101 11011001 00110111 11011111 11111101 010011111 01011111 11110111 11111011 11110101 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.
The author used the same word i'd at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Compensation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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