This is an analysis of the poem What For Them Will Be Their Just Reward that begins with:

Beginning to grieve their own imperfections,
They seek 'immediate' relief......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabX XXcbbd cXdcXc dcaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001111010 11100001 0010111100 1110010 1101101 1011111100 101110 1101101110 00100 010101011 0101001010 0110100111 01111001011 11111010 10 101101 010 11011010 001101 0100 10 1000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

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

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

  • summary of What For Them Will Be Their Just Reward;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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