This is an analysis of the poem Despite that begins with:
The terrible things that the Governor
Of Kansas says alarm me; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbc Xdcd efef XaXb gfgf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0100110100 0101011 11111101 010010010 01110011 11011011 1111000100 01001001 111111110 1101101 111101001 0100101 100101001010 1100100 111100100 0100101 0100100101 0100101 111100111 0100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, too, late, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word too is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Despite;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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