This is an analysis of the poem The Interne that begins with:

O the agony of having too much power!
In my passive palm are hundreds of lives....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101000101110 0110111001 11001111 11011011101110111 101100101011101 111100110 1111011110110 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 367
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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