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

Amid my books I lived the hurrying years,
Disdaining kinship with my fellow man;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbabacacXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01111101000 0101101101 0101010111 1111011111 11110111001 1111000101 1111110101 10010100101 0101010001 1101101101 100011010001 11110111010 1101010111 1011010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 612
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; that is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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