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

Immortal life is something to be earned,
By slow, self-conquest, comradeship with pain,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdeXbfXfgchdgagdefhifeiXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010001 11110100001 1101010101 1101011101 1111010111 1101010111 11110111011 1101010111 1100110111 0101101111 1100010101 1101011001 1111010011 0101010101 1111010001 1101010101 11110001011 1101011101 0110110101 1110111001 1111010001 1111110111 1101101101 1111010011 1101110101 1101110101 1100011111 0101010101 1111110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 227
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, each are repeated.

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

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

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