This is an analysis of the poem To Hide In Disguise Those Weak And Fragile that begins with:

Although their calculated misdeeds succeeded,
They appear to now fear......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDX EEED ABCDX EEED EDEDEDDD EDEDDDXE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,4,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101001010 101011 01010010100 1101110 010101001110 1010101001 110001111 1000101001 0100111110 111101001010 101011 01010010100 1101110 010101001110 1010101001 110001111 1000101001 0100111110 1000101001 0100111110 1000101001 0100111110 1000101001 0100111110 0100111110 0100111110 1000101001 0100111110 1000101001 0100111110 0100111110 0100111110 1000101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, and, hide, in, disguise, those, weak, fragile are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and 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 fragile is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word fragile 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 To Hide In Disguise Those Weak And Fragile;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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