This is an analysis of the poem Into Corners Of Weakness that begins with:

It is amazing how they had praised themselves,
Into corners of weakness without a consciousness....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcadcb bccdbXb ABcXcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00010111101 0010010010100 1 1010010010110 00101101101 1111101 010100101 000101110100100 01101 1101000101 01010101 101001100101 0111011100 001011010110100 00010111101 0010010010100 1 010001000101110 10110101 0110101101 101110101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Into Corners Of Weakness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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