This is an analysis of the poem V. 'I cannot yet admit unchecked despair' that begins with:
I cannot yet admit unchecked despair
Since now my heart this unknown conflict wages,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbabaab cXcXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101010101 11110011010 11110101100 1111011111 11011101010 1101000101 1111111101 11111101010 1111101111 0101110100 11010011001 10111100001 1111110101 1101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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