Salvation by Lady Jane Wilde: poem analysis

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

When the gloom is deepest round thee;
When the bands of grief have bound thee,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbc adadaaeXXXXXXeXefafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101011 10101111 10100110 10100101 110101010 1011001 11101011 10111010 11111011 11101010 10111111 11110011 10010111 0101001010 100111100 001011000 101010100 00101100 11101110 1101101 11001010 1010101 011010111 10111011 10011011 10111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 451
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not, thee, thou are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.

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

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

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

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