This is an analysis of the poem Earth’s Moments Of Gloom that begins with:

“The heart knoweth its own bitterness”
The heart hath its moments of hopeless gloom,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccddcc aabbeeff gghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 011001100 0110100101 11010011001 10111101011 01011001001 11101011001 1011010101011 111011001001 11111011001 11101101010 01001101101 11011101101 11011011001 11011101001 11101001101 111011101011 01001011101 11111011001 01110111011 110010010101 11101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same word the 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 Earth’s Moments Of Gloom;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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