This is an analysis of the poem Consolation that begins with:

Ah, many-voiced and angry! how the waves
Beat turbulent with terrible uproar!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xbcb deae dfff daga Xhah dgXg XdcdXchah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 1100010011 0111010101 1111010101 1001001101 1111011111 11010011010 10001000101 1101110111 01011101110 1101011101 10010011010 1100010101 1101010101 11010101001 0101011101 1111110101 1101110101 0111001101 1101000101 1110110101 0001110110 0101000111 11011110111 1111011001 0101010101 0111011101 0011001101 1111110101 1100000101 0101110101 1011110101 0101111101 0101011111 1001001101 0111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; there, our, whose, and, be, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, and, be are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase there connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Consolation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Harriet Beecher Stowe