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

Thy forlorn child covered with the dust
of this Earth doth cry for redress,.....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdceafgdXdbabfgchidhdggbjkglmkjgXddXbalaiibgfcmdmgjmaiGjhnfaobaignXgblmdppjbfdgijiaiqbfobXgkqiXdhkkghRcRgXidXkblXlsGgXqdicgbdhGgdaselqifGkggkidabghdXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 154,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110001 00111101 1100110010010 0011011110 011010 0101111010 1111011001 1011111 1110111 111 110001010 1100010 11010100010 1111110 10011011 111100 101010101 01010101 101010110 11100100100 01011110 10101001 011101110 110101 111 01111111 1011100 11111111 111110010100 01001 10101010 1101101 1011 11100011 0101000111 1000110 1110110100011 0111011010 1111110 1100101 11111001 100101110 110110101 10100011101 111001011 010 111 11011110 111010 01110101 0010 10011011 01111 010111011 1011010 10011010011 101011100101 111 1010111 11010 010010100 100100100 0101010 101010101 001010010 010100111 101111 101011 11001100 10010101010 1111 11110011 10101010 11111011 10011110 11111111 0101001 0110010101 0101001100 1001010101 110101010010 101 01000100101 0010010010101 101100101 101010100 111011001 1010101010 00101 111100111 110110100 010011110 0101101000 101 1011111 1110010 0101001 111 11011110 1101010 1101 011010100 1111101 1111000100 1101 111110 1101 1000101 0101010000 111001 1011101001 01101010 011011011 01111001 101010101 01001100 001011011 010011 10111 11111101 1100101 01110010 111 111100011 11000100010 110110001 1111001 011010010 011100 111 110010110 11010011 11001001 010111101 1110111101 0101010101 011111 100100111 1110100111 10111 010101111 100010010 10110101 110101 101011101 111010 01011011 1000101100100 11110001010 110001000100 10000101 100001101 0100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2965
  • Average number of words per stanza: 450
  • Amount of lines: 153
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, ever, thy, they, hip, this, god, i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, her, the, this, victory are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines earth is repeated).

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  • summary of Complaint;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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