This is an analysis of the poem Aspiration that begins with:

The sweetness of poverty like this…
To lose everything your, even the egoism of being,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcbdA e XaX Xf cd ffeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,3,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010010010 0110111001010010 111111001001 11011011111110 11011010101001 010010010 11110101110101101 111111 00101011 011110101 1010101100001 01010001111 011110 01011010100 10101010011 110101001 01110101 1111010101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, earth are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word i 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 earth is repeated).

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

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

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