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

I triumphed, love's victorious power
Prevailed, and near approached the hour...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddddeeffccgghhccddccccddccbbddhhiieecciiddffiicXjjddkkccccdddXeeddllmmbbXXeejjdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 86,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010010 011101010 111111001 11110101 11010111 01111111 11110001 010101001 11110001 11010111 10101101 10110101 11010101 100101001 00110101 11010101 10011111 10111101 10011101 10011101 11010101 11010111 1000101 110100101 11010111 11110101 01010101 11010111 01111111 01111101 00110101 11111101 11010101 01011101 0111001 100100101 11001111 10011101 11011101 01110101 11010101 11011101 11110101 11100101 11110101 11000101 01111101 11110001 11010001 11000101 10011101 11010010 11110111 100100100 01010101 01010101 11110001 11001111 11000101 11011101 1000101 11010111 00100101 01010101 01010101 101011101 11010111 111101010 01111101 10010111 010111010 110011010 11110101 11110001 11011101 11011101 11010101 11111111 01110101 111010101 11010101 11110101 11010111 11011101 11110111 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2996
  • Average number of words per stanza: 541
  • Amount of lines: 86
  • 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; to, as, his are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Voltaire