This is an analysis of the poem Despair that begins with:
We catch a glimpse of it, gaunt and gray,
When the golden sunbeams are all abroad;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab Xcdc ededXbaba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110100111 1010101101 1100101101 011100101 1101001010 0111001101 0111101001 11011011011 0111100101 1000100101 111011111 110100101 0010111111 110100111 11111111 10100111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Despair;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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