This is an analysis of the poem Resignation that begins with:
Yes! even I was in Arcadia born,
And, in mine infant ears,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbaAb cacca Xdccd dedde dfdXf Xghhg ijXij dXXdj XahhX hdhhX kXkkX hchhX caccX lcllc dahha XhaaX aXXaX hchhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011001001 101101 0101011101 11011001001 11110111101 1111011101 110111 0101110101 0101110111 101111 0111010100 1110111 1111010101 0101010101 01000111 0111110111 110101 0101010101 0101011111 11101001 1111010101 1101010001 0101010101 1001001110 11000100 1001100110 1101110101 0101111111 1101010101 0101010011 1101010101 1101010 010100101110 11010001101 11001101110 1101010011 1101110 01010100101 1101101101 0101010 1100010101 110101 1101010101 11010101101 10111101110 1001010101 1111010101 1111110101 0111001101 1111010101 1101110101 1001000110 1001110101 0101100111 10010100100 1101010101 110101 11011111001 0101000111 1101010000 1101010101 1101111101 1100110101 01010110101 11010010010 1111011101 111101 01001011101 1101011101 1011011101 1101011101 1111011101 0101010101 1011110101 1111011001 11011111010 01010101 11011110101 11001010101 110101110 10110111111 01010101 1101111110 1101011111 0111000111 1111110111 1111010101 1110010101 0101100111 1101111000
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 90
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; in, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, here, i are repeated.
The author used the same word here at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' 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 Resignation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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