This is an analysis of the poem Punishment that begins with:
Mourner, that dost deserve thy mournfulness,
Call thyself punished, call the earth thy hell;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaX XaaX bbbbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1011011100 1101010111 1101011101 1111111100 1011011111 1111111101 1100010111 10110101000 11011011101 1101010011 1001011111 1111001011001 1111110101 11110111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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 is repeated.
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- summary of Punishment;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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