This is an analysis of the poem In An East End Hovel that begins with:

To a Workman, a would-be Suicide
MAN of despair and death,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcddefcgXeXcXXeccXehBFgaXcihiBF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,31,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010010101 100111 1110001 11111 001001001 0101101 1111001 1111001 101001 111101 00101111 10101011 011101 1111111 1101101 1101001 01001001 111001 1100100 1010001 110001 11111101 101101101 100101 01001011 1010111 1111111 1111111 101001 1101001 11111101 101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 486
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, for are repeated.

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  • summary of In An East End Hovel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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