Workworn by Emily Pauline Johnson: poem analysis

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

Across the street, an humble woman lives;
To her 'tis little fortune ever gives; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXccddbbeeccffgg aaddhhffeeaabbii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101110101 0011010101 0101010101 0111111100 0111000101 1100100111 1111010001 1101110011 1101011101 0111011101 1101010111 11010101011 1101011101 0101110101 1111011101 1101000111 0111011101 1101111111 0111010101 11111111001 1101111111 1111110101 0111010111 1101011101 1111010111 1111110101 0111110101 0100111101 0111111101 1110110011 01110101001 1011110111 1111110101 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 767
  • Average number of words per stanza: 141
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; i, my are repeated.

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

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

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