This is an analysis of the poem Keeping The Vow Commitments that begins with:

1. Bear with the harshness of your
Destined conjugal life: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abC XdeXbfbC ghiajejjC kaglXkfcdC kXhcjgjc ekleXhC eehXffhC fhhemmjiC gXfhjeC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,9,10,8,7,8,9,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001001 101001 10111 10010010101 1110111011011001010 0001001 1010010 10101 100100 1001 10111 11111 0111 1110111 11001 1110 111 11011 101100 10111 11001110 01 010100111 010101010 010100 10011100 101010 0101 1011 10111 1010110 1111101 00100111 011111 101111 11111 111001100 10011 11001010101 1000101010 1011111 11010 10101 111 10111 11111 1010101 111 110101 11111 11001 1111 10111 1101111 0010111 101011 0100101 0100011 110 11110110 11101 10111 11100011 1100010 0111 10101011 101 0101010 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet repeated the same word less at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Keeping The Vow Commitments;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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