This is an analysis of the poem An Orator’s Complaint that begins with:
How many the troubles that wait
On mortals!—especially those... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBBX cddc effe dXbd ghhg bddb aBBX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001011 11001001 101001001 00111110 01100101 11100101 01110101 101101001 011011001 001001001 1101101 1111011 01101001 00111100 10111011 111001011 011011011 111101011 011101011 11111101 01011011 11001101 11101001 011011011 11001011 11001001 101001001 001111100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to are repeated.
The author used the same word did at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of An Orator’s Complaint;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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