This is an analysis of the poem Carrion Comfort that begins with:
Not, I'll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee;
Not untwist -- slack they may be -- these last strands of man... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbca dcXdXXXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11110010011111 110111011101 0111101111111 110111111100 11111100111111 11111110100111 0100100111111 101010111110010011 1 111111111111 1011111111101 110111111111 1 1110101101001 111 111111111001011 1110 0111011110001111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 483
- Average number of words per stanza: 100
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not, can, me, that, my, 'o, 'e are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, cheer, me are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases can, cheer connect the lines.
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