This is an analysis of the poem Personal Battles that begins with:

You will never take from me my hope.
Or a faith I keep within me believed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACDeEFBgH EFBgH ABACDeHEHEX IjgIfIjgj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,5,11,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010111 1011101101 101010111 11110001001 01 01 11010010 111010 01001101 10 01 11010010 111010 01001101 10 01 101010111 1011101101 101010111 11110001001 01 01 111010111101 1100100011 111010111101 1100100011 001100100 100101 1101 1111110 100101 100101010010 100101 10010101 10101 011111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; me, to are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word blame at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Personal Battles;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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