This is an analysis of the poem Sustained Pain that begins with:

One's pain to feel,
To introduce as their main objective......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcbbdde beebbcfbd XegX aXXbf XgfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,4,5,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 0101111010 10010001 0101010 1101010 010001110001 11010101 10010100101 11001001001 10111001100 0010111010 10100111101 010010101010 011110001 00100110010 1010010010101 0101111100100 110001001001 111010 1010100111100 10010011 1101001 1 1101110100 01110110001 01001 10101010111 1 111 1010101101101 1110101110000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • 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 is repeated.

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

  • summary of Sustained Pain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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