This is an analysis of the poem The Thought Toiler that begins with:

A THOUGHT TOILER, faint and o'ercome by his labours,
And the manifold troubles by which he was girt,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bbcc ddbX ddee eeee ccaa ffgg eedd aaaa efXXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110111001010 101011011111 010010110010 11111001001 101001001001 01001111011 111101011101 101001111101 11011101110 01001111101 101001101111 1011011111010 11011101001 11001001101 10011011001 01110111001 1011010110010 1111010110110 110110111110 1000111010010 11111101011 001011001101 111111001011 101011001001 101001111011 011011001011 11001111001 101001011101 11001111001 11011011011 111001011101 001111101010 11111101111 1011110011011 1011110011001 001011011011 110010110010 11001111101 11110110110 10 101010001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, with, my, of, from, thy, that, thou, not, in, vain, hast, every are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.

    The author used the same word 'i'm at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of The Thought Toiler;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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