This is an analysis of the poem De Profundis that begins with:
There is a stubble field on which a black rain falls.
There is a tree which, brown, stands lonely here....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcX dXXe eXX cdX aXf faXb X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,3,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101110111 1001111101 100101110101 11010 10101 0101011010101 101101110001 10101010011 0101 1010110 0100101 0111010110 01001 1100111 11101101 101111 100111011 1111110101 101010101 00101 101011011 010110100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; there, which are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word there is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of De Profundis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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