This is an analysis of the poem Doldrum Free that begins with:

God has come to lift me from my doldrums.
There is now a peace beneath my daily bouts, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbccb Abdbee bXf AXXbdXd af adXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,3,7,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110110 10101011101 010 11111110100 11100111 111110101 1110110110 1011001 1101100101001 1100111 110111 1101 10111 1111111 11001110110 1110110110 1011011100 110111 1110001 011101111 0100101000 101010 1110110 1010000110110 11110110110 1011010010010 1111110001010 11110101 1011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, i are repeated.

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

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

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