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

Hers was a lonely, shadowed lot;
Or so the unperceiving thought, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa ccdd aacceeaacc ffbb ggbbaaXfc cXhiiccddXXh hcaajjkkllmmiiiiffccccllccmmjjnnllccXcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,10,4,9,12,41,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 11010001 11110101 010100101 11010101 11011101 11110111 11010101 111101001 01000101 11001101 01010101 00111111 11111111 111110111 110010111 00110101 00111101 010011011 01011001 11011111 110010101 01010101 01011101 01101111 11001001 11110001 11110101 11111101 11111100 11010100 11110111 11111111 11100111 11000101 11000101 11010101 01010101 11000101 01111001 01010111 011100101 11110101 01111111 11110111 01011011 01110 101 01011101 11111101 01010101 11010111 01010001 01010101 01010111 11010101 01010101 110101001 11010101 11010101 10110011 111101001 11011111 110111001 11111101 11010101 01001101 00110111 11011111 11110111 01111111 11111100 01010111 11011101 11010101 111101110 110101010 11111101 11010101 1111011001 01111101 01010001 11010001 11100111 11000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 378
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; her, and, she, i are repeated.

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

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

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

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