This is an analysis of the poem Conscience that begins with:

Thou Light from out the past. Spirit who dost upgather
Dead strivings, old heart bleedings, agonies...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXaab XcdcaeeaXaaffcghdagh ccXiaaXiX gccggcXX jffjecjjcece keeXXkjjXX ellee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,20,9,8,12,10,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101011011100 1101110100 11001001 1101011000 1100010111 1101011101 1011111101 01010110111 1101011111 0101011111 1101111100 1101110111 11011100101 1001011111 111101011100 11011111 1011010100 1111010111 1001010111 00010010101 01110011101 1101010111 0111001111 0111000101110 11111100 01000101 101101 11011111010 1111111101 0101010101 1101011100 11000111111 01101110111 0101111 11011000 10011111 1101010100 1111011101 11110111 10111101001 1101010101 00110101101 110111010111 0101111100 0101110101 1101111101 1001010111 0111010001 11010010001 0101000101 1101010101 1011110001 10001010101 1111111111 1101011101 1111011111 110111001 1101110111 10110011011 0111010101 011100100 11111100 11011111 1101010101 10111001111 11011111011 1111111111 1011111101 111101 10110101 11011111111 11011100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 451
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • 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; and, nor are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Conscience;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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