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

We occasionally get a few gleams of encouragement while struggling through the trials
of life.A number of years ago a person employed by the...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdaedXfedXcbfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100010110010011001010 010100001010011001010001 1000100101001010000101000 100110100101111011101 111101101011010010011 10110101011001010000111 010111101001000111101010 101010010100011101011011 010010001111101001010110 1101011101100010010101010100 11110101001001001110101 101001001001100101101010101 0100011010110000111011001 10110100111110110010 10110100001111110101100 010100111010101011101110 111010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1428
  • Average number of words per stanza: 257
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 83 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to, that are repeated.

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

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