This is an analysis of the poem Rapid Satisfactions Met that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcD XXaXXc XdaddbdDd dDAaADDXDDDDADAD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,9,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101 1101 11111 001001 1010010 11101110101 10100101100 101011111001 01101011010 01110 1111 111001010 11000111010 00100100111 011010 0001000001 111001 10010 110101 11101110101 1001010101 11 101101010101 1101010 111000010 010010101010 01011000101 01010101010101 11101110101 01010101010101 11101110101 01010101010101 010010101010 01011000101 1101010 101101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, with are repeated.

    The author used the same word no 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 Rapid Satisfactions Met;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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