This is an analysis of the poem The Inner Conflict that begins with:
THRICE 'Iö Pæan!' let me cry,
And bless the hour that I was born...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBababCC dbdXdbbb efegeghX eieieibb jhjhjhkk hbXbhbhh dbdbdbhh lhlhXXff mnmdmnooXaBababCC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111111 110101111 11110101 01110101 11001101 110101101 11010101 01011111 01001111 11110111 11010001 110110010 100101001 10010111 10101011 010001011 110100111 010010111 01010111 11001101 11110101 11111101 110101111 01000111 01011101 11010101 01110101 11111111 01011101 010100101 010001001 01111101 11011101 01001011 01110001 11011111 010101001 01011101 11010100 11100101 01101111 01110101 111101100 01011101 11010101 110101101 11111101 11111101 01010111 11011101 01010101 01010101 010101001 010101001 10010101 01010111 10011001 01010101 010110001 110100101 0010001 110100010 01010111 01110101 11000111 1110110010 010101101 11110011 00110111 10100110 11110111 11010011 111111 110101111 11110101 011011001 11001101 11011101 11010101 01011111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, to, and, would are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a, to are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Inner Conflict;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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