This is an analysis of the poem Think of the Unsatisfied Ones that begins with:

When despair—
you who enjoyed great triumphs...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXabXcX aaabaXaaXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 1101110 11010010100 01010010011 11010 1 10111001 110101010001 0010 101001011 110001011 0111110110101010 10001100 111101 11110 100101110000 01010010 011110 10100010 01001011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Think of the Unsatisfied Ones;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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