This is an analysis of the poem Despair that begins with:
I have experienc'd
The worst, the World can wreak on me--the worst... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbXcbXXXcXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110100 0101111101 11110100101 0101010101 1110010101 11110100001 0010110111 1101011111 11010110010 10111011111 1100110111 0011111011 001000101110 1100011111 1111010101 1110111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 696
- Average number of words per stanza: 135
- Amount of lines: 16
- 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; that is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.
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- summary of Despair;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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