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

Full seven years have passed and flown
But years o’er Thekla lightly pass,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeaeabfbf ghghdadadadahehedaXaicicebebjajaacac cXcbgegeccccchchkkkKdhdhdcdchXhaabab kakalklKmcmcaeaefafaaeaekbkbacXcndnd XoeakckccdcXpkpkababacacchchpcpchaXa fefegdgdcdcXdadokakacbcbcbcbcdcdbkbkXdcdckdkd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,36,36,36,36,45,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001111 10110101 11110111 01010101 00110111 01000101 11011111 01110101 11110101 11110101 11001101 01011101 11010101 11011101 01110001 11011101 11010111 11011101 11111101 11110101 11010101 11010100101 11010101 01010101 01110100 11010101 11010111 1010011 01110101 11010001 11010111 11101111 11010111 110010101 0101111 11110101 11111111 11110111 0101110101 01010101 01010101 01011101 01010101 10010101 11010101 0111011 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11010101 11110001 11110101 11010110 01011101 11010101 11110101 01010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010110 11110111 01111101 11011111 11010101 01011111 01010101 11010101 11010111 10011111 01010101 11010101 11111101 11010101 01010101 11110101 11010101 110010101 01011101 111100101 11110101 11111101 100100101 01111101 11111111 11010111 10010101 111111111 11110111 11011101 01110101 11011101 01011111 11011101 01010101 11110101 01011101 01110101 11110101 11010101 01011111 11011001 11110101 11010101 111100101 11110101 11010111 01011101 10111011 01010111 11110011 11010101 11011111 110100111 11110101 110101001 11011101 01101111 10111101 11010111 11001101 11000111 01110101 11010100 11010101 0101000101 11000100 11010101 01010001 11010011 11100001 11011011 01110101 100010111 10011100 10010101 01111001 10010101 01110101 11110101 110100111 110101101 10010100 11010111 010010100 11111101 01010101 11110111 01010001 10001101 10010100 11000101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11110101 01111101 11110101 011100101 11111101 01010101 11011101 11010101 11111111 10110101 11110101 11010101 110010111 11011101 10110001 11010100 11011111 01110001 11010111 01010100 10010111 01011101 01011101 010010111 01110101 11011101 11000011 11010101 01010101 11010111 01010111 11010101 11010101 11001111 11010101 01011101 11011101 11110111 11010101 11010101 01111101 11010101 01011101 11000101 11000111 11110001 11100101 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1042
  • Average number of words per stanza: 198
  • Amount of lines: 204
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; i, her, no, she, he, cursed, ring, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, no, the, by, he are repeated.

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

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

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