This is an analysis of the poem Ungrateful Sorrow that begins with:

At dawn shey departed
My mind tried to console me -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abXacXaX XXXdaXX edceeX XX fafX aX gXXb dgaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,6,2,4,2,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 1110101 1101010 100101 1001011010 11011010 010111101 1111 1111110 10111101 110101 010110101 10001001 0111110 111101011 110110 010111 110001 00101010 0101011100001 10101000100 1010101111 0010101011011 101100110010 101011101001 11110 1110010100 1001110 01111010110101 1110101 10010100111110 10010101010 11011101 00101010101101 10011111111101010 11110101 1111101101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word my 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 ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Rabindranath Tagore