This is an analysis of the poem Fragment: Such Hope, As Is The Sick Despair Of Good that begins with:

Such hope, as is the sick despair of good,
Such fear, as is the certainty of ill,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010100 1110010001 1110110101 1111010100 01001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; such, as are repeated.

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

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