This is an analysis of the poem Concerning Resolution that begins with:

Happy the man whose firm resolves obtain
Assisting Grace to burst his sinfull chain...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccXdeeedd ddbbbbffggddgggXaaggXXaaaddhhh iijjbbXXddddhhaadX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,30,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001110101 0101010101 1101010101 100111101 10101001 0101010001 1101101110 111110101 11010110001 111010101 1111110101 1111110101 111110101 1101110101 1011010101 10010111 101010101 110000111 101011101 0100110101 100110101 1101010101 111110001 1111011001 110110101 1001010111 11010110001 11010011010 1101011101 0101001101 011011101 110101001 1001111101 1101101010 1101000101 0101011101 011100111 110010100001 1011010101 10111100101 0101100101 0101011111 1110100101 01001010111 1101010101 1101011101 1101000101 1101111111 1110110101 1101110110 1101010101 1101010111 110101111 0111110101 0111010001 1111011001 1111010101 1101011101 110110101 1110110111 1111110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 839
  • Average number of words per stanza: 151
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; still, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, then, when, if, we are repeated.

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

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

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