This is an analysis of the poem The Resignation that begins with:

O God, whose thunder shakes the sky,
Whose eye this atom globe surveys, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XeXe aaaa fgfg cece hihiXdbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 11010101 01110111 11001101 01010010 01100101 11010101 111010101 111001010 11010101 01110111 11011101 00010111 01010101 10010101 11010101 11111101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11110101 01010101 11010101 01001101 11010101 111100001 01010111 11010101 01010001 11110101 01010101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; of, thy, my 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 but 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 The Resignation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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