This is an analysis of the poem The Suicide that begins with:
For fifty years,
Cruel, insatiable Old World.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbbadX efXXeXX acbadXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100 10010011 11111001 111111 01101110 111011 1110101101 111111001011 1111111 1011 1100101000101 1010111001110 110011 11011011 0101010 110100100 111110101 11111 11101011101 11001111011 1111 1
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, would are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Suicide;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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