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

When fires have burnt your forest bare and black,
And you are parched and dizzy, and search in vain... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbbacdecde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11011110111 11111101101 1101100001 11010101001 0001000110 1101011111 1011011111 0101111111 1011110101 11110101001 01010011111 1101010101 10110101101 1101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 627
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and is repeated.

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

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