This is an analysis of the poem Lament (O How All Things Are Far Removed) that begins with:

O how all things are far removed
and long have passed away....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcde fecc fXbefdXaee X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,10,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 111101 110101 111101 011101 110100 1101000101 111101001001 1101101101 1011 110101101 1101011000 1101 110101 1101 11011111 1101 01 11101101 1011100010 0101101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is 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 house is repeated).

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

  • summary of Lament (O How All Things Are Far Removed);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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