This is an analysis of the poem Threnodia that begins with:
Gone, gone from us! and shall we see
Those sibyl-leaves of destiny,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdedebC fggfdXdbcXdahahC ididjXXdjfjdjdfffhfhC dcdcccdiffidffkkllmmeeC XcbbddjjC AiaijjAcaacjjnncC dXdXaadXdnc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,16,21,23,9,17,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 11010100 111101 11111111 01010001 110000101 01000111 11111100 111101 01011101 011111 101011111 1110101 100101 1111010110 100111 10110100 11111101 10111110 1111101 11011111 01110001 11110101 10110101 111101 01111101 11000101 1111000101 11010001 11010101 1100010 00100010 11000101 0101 1000111 110001 111101 10110111 111001 11010011 11111111 110001 100101 110100 11110011 111101 110011 1001 010101 1111110101 1101000101 1011110111 011101 01010111 11010101 10111001 01101101 11110111 110101 111101 11111111 00110111 110101 011111 00010 11110 00111101 1111011101 111101 1010100 1000111 1000101010 110111010 10010101 1010101 1011001 0001101 111101 10110101 100101 0101100101 11001101 0101 1101 10110101 110001 1111101 110101 010111 110011 11010101 010101 10010001 111111 111101 11010111 01100101 01011111 111001 1101011101 11010101 011111111 1110110011 11011101 010101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 490
- Average number of words per stanza: 89
- Amount of lines: 106
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; those, no, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words those, oh, no, he are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word nevermore at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Threnodia;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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