This is an analysis of the poem In Solitary Confinement that begins with:

A correcting of a created reality,
To not include truth as an existence......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcccXdef gcXdgbX fbfeafb dX dedeeeee eX ccX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,7,7,2,8,2,3,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010000100100 0101111010 001010 0111011100 1001010 1010000100010 11010001 1111 01010010 0100111 1110101 111010 11011111 11110010 11111 11110 00101010100101 11 1001011010 1011101 0110 11101011001 10101011111 01000101010110 11101110001 11011111 110010 111001001 10111 111101110 0111111101 11010001 101111 1110101000 1111 1101 10010 1100010011 110000 1 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; you, and, i, be are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of In Solitary Confinement;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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