This is an analysis of the poem Hope that begins with:
The spirit killeth, but the letter giveth life.
The week is dealt out like a hand...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaaabcdeeFGHGAiJIcXaXfkdbkkFGHGAiJI
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101010101 01011101 11011111 1110011 1110011 1101011100 011100101 0010101001 1111010101 1111011101 111101011 110111 1100010 111111 110011101 011101 11110100 010101 1110011 01110010 011111 01110010 10101011 01111 111101 1001100 11000101 0101101011 111101011 110111 1100010 111111 110011101 011101 11110100 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1171
- Average number of words per stanza: 214
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, one, my are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines new is repeated).
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- summary of Hope;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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