This is an analysis of the poem Dives In Torment that begins with:
This was my failure, who thought that the feast
Rivalled the rapture of bird on the wing;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aaaa efXf cece egeg hehe ebeb afaX iaia jcXc cXcX Xaea keke gigi dede dkdk ckck gkgk fXfX aeae cici eeee eeee gfgf fafa hkhk eiei hchc kfkf kckc lhlh hchc fdfX caca caca XeXe jfjf hgdgXgigi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111011101 10001001101 10001011101 1001011101 0111011101 1011101011 1001111101 1001001101 1001000011 1001001111 1001101111 1011111011 1011111011 1001011101 1011001101 1011101001 1011111011 1111011001 1011111001 1001001011 1101101011 1101001011 1101001011 1011111111 1011101001 1001101001 1001001101 1011011011 1011011111 1110101 1001011001 1011011011 1101011001 1001001001 1111001101 1011111001 1101011111 1111011001 1001010101 101101101 1111101000 1111101101 1101011101 100111101 1110001001 100100100 1001001011 1001001000 1111011001 1001001001 1001001101 1101001111 1011101001 1011001101 1101011001 1001001011 1101011001 1001111111 1010011101 1001101001 1011001011 1011011011 100110001100 1011001011 1001001001 1111001001 1001011101 1001011101 110101001 1001111011 11001001001 1001011111 11010010001 1101001011 1001111001 1001101001 1101101011 10111010010 1011101011 1111011101 1001011011 1001101011 1101011011 1011001111 1001001001 1001101101 1101011001 1011011011 1111011101 1101011001 1101011101 1001001001 1101111011 1011111111 1011111111 1011001111 11100001001 1101001101 1101011011 1101011101 100111001 1001101001 1111001101 1001101001 0111010001 1001101111 1111001001 1011011001 1011001011 11010010101 111101111 101111101 1001001111 1101111001 1111111101 1001101001 1001001111 1011111001 1001011011 1011011011 0111000101 1001001111 1111001111 1101001001 1001001101 1101111001 1011111001 1011001001 1101001001 111101101 1001111011 1011111001 1111111001 1001110000 0101101111 101111011 1111111101 1011001111 1101111011 1001111011 1101001011 1001101001 1011111011 1011101101 1001101111 1011111111 1110001011 1011111111 1011001001 101001011 1001101101 1101101001 111010101 1001011011 1001010011 1101101001 1101001101 1101001001 11101001 1101001101
- Amount of stanzas: 42
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 162
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, have, i, him, with, my, of, o, her, oh, man, in, me, thou, art, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words rivalled, soft, beauty, oh, dead, man, thou, light are repeated.
The author used the same words this, hell, lazarus 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 literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase there connects the lines.
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- summary of Dives In Torment;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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