This is an analysis of the poem Ambition's Climax that begins with:
There is no climax in Ambition's scope,
Behold her wrestling with the angel, Hope,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcXddebffgghhcciiffffbbffiijjhhkkcccckkkkllmmccllkkllkkaagghXnXiicciiddlXcckkmmcckkggllcckkkkggccccbbookkccffXbkkppqqllooddmmiXppggiiiihhccnnccggbXiiggkkccmmbbfeeggbbhhggbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 175,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011101001 01010000101 1101010001 1101010101 0110010101 1001110110 1111010101 11010010001 11011101110 1101010101 111010101 01010010101 0111010101 1111010111 1101010101 0101010101 01110100101 01001010111 1100010101 0101000101 11011100101 0101111101 1101111101 1111010101 111110001 11001111001 1101101001 1011110101 0001011101 1101010101 10110010001 1101000101 0101010001 0101011111 1001010001 0011011111 1101010101 101001101 1111010110 01010100101 1101110001 0101010101 0100010101 010010101011 1001010101 0111011101 10110100101 1101010101 11000010101 1001110001 1101010001 1101010101 1011110111 1101000101 1111010101 1100010101 1100110101 0101110101 11001110001 10101010001 1111010011 1111010101 0101110101 1111000100 1101010101 01010101100 0101010110 1100100101 1101011101 1101110101 1001010101 1111011101 1101010001 1101010101 1101010101 11111101010 1101110001 0101110101 1011010111 1101010111 1001110101 0101010001 1001110111 1111110101 10110100101 1111000101 11010100101 1001010101 1101111111 1001000101 0011110111 1011110101 01010110101 1011010101 10111100011 0101010101 1011011011 1101010001 10110001001 00111100101 1101110001 1111010101 1101011111 1001110101 1101110101 1101001101 11010010111 1101010111 1101010101 01010100101 1101010101 1001001101 1110111010 11011100101 110100101 11010001001 1110010101 0101111101 0101111111 1111000101 1101010111 1111101110 1101011101 1111100101 1101110101 1111010111 1001001101 1001010111 0101111101 11110110100 1101010101 01110010101 0101110101 1111011001 0101100101 0101010111 1101100101 1101010100 1101010101 1101110101 1101000101 1101000101 11001010001 0101010101 1101110011 1101010001 1101010111 1001010101 1101001101 010001010010 1111010101 1101010100 11011111111 0100010101 1101010101 1101010101 01010101011 1101011101 1110110101 0100110101 1011100101 1011011001 1101010101 1101011100 1010010110 0111010101 1101011101 0111110101 10010101001 1001010101 01001010111 1101010101 0101010101 1001010101 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 7688
- Average number of words per stanza: 1335
- Amount of lines: 175
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; her, and, to, gold, their, she, earth, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, and, she are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase her connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Ambition's Climax;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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