This is an analysis of the poem Is It Hard that begins with:

Is it hard,
To depart......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABb Acc adc cAAcAA dABDAE BFBB DAE BFBBXDAE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,6,6,4,3,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001 001 00101 001 011 0101001 1001 01110 111 0010111010111 001 001 001011110101 001 001 001000101010 001 001 001000101010 101 101 11110100 111000111 0101 0101 001000101010 101 101 11110100 111000111 0101 0101 001000101010 101 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines deep, hard are repeated).

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  • summary of Is It Hard;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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