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

WHO, without fear
Piercing the inmost deeps of silent thought,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccc deedaaa bfXbaaa affaggg hddhccc eeeeiii dggdbXb cddcfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 1001010101 1101010111 1100101 100111 010111 101101010101 1111 1001011011 1011010101 101111 000101 110101 111111110101 1011 1101100101 1111011000 110011 111111 011101 100111011101 0101 00101010101 0101011101 0101101 101101 011001 010101011111 1111 0101100101 1011110101 101100 1011101 1101001 110111000111 1111 1001000101 1111111101 0010101 110111 011101 1111001011111 1111 0101111101 1101011101 100101 111111 110101 0111110111 1011 10011010101 1011110101 111101 111101 110100 100111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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