This is an analysis of the poem The World’s Justice that begins with:

If the sudden tidings came
That on some far, foreign coast,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcbB cdcdefefbB gXgceXeahh ijijeaeacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010101 1111101 1010101 1010101 0110111 1010101 1010111 1011101 11100101 1001111 0010101 1100101 1110101 100101 1010101 10100111 1010111 10101001 1111001 1001111 1110111 1100110 1010101 1010101 1010011 1010101 1011111 1000100 0110101 1001101 1011111 10111001 1010111 010001 1010111 1010101 1110001 1110111 1110101 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ere is repeated.

    The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word meet at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of The World’s Justice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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