This is an analysis of the poem Denial that begins with:
When my devotions could not pierce
Thy silent ears; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababc dcdcb eXefG gegeG hXhgX hfhfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100111 1101 1111101111 111101 1010 11110101 01010 1101110101 1001110 001 10110111 1010 1111010111 111111 1110 11111101 0101 1111010111 111011 1110 11111101 10010 11010010011 101101 1010 11111101 0111 1111010101 111111 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; my, come are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word hearing at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Denial;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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