This is an analysis of the poem Griselda: A Society Novel In Verse - Chapter V that begins with:

Griselda's madness lasted forty days,
Forty eternities! Men went their ways,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeXffaaccbbffaaaabbffcccceebbffghbb ffccaaeabbbbffaehhffcXeX ffffbbiibbjj ffkkaallmmbbnneeccccnoi ibbaaXXaannccmmff bbffaaccccaaffkX ffaeaXaaccccnoiikkjjbbddffggffbbeeccgg ddnojjffggffkXXbjjbbaann mmaaoXmmeXbbmm iippeebbffnnghdXeehhffccaa bbbbffaea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,24,12,23,17,16,38,24,14,26,24,12,12,18,14,44,66,22,26,1,19,48,22,1,23,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1002
  • Average number of words per stanza: 186
  • Amount of lines: 608
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, or, his, of, to, as, i, in, its, her, too, thy, had, she, our, one, with, he, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, a, its, thy, of, to, one are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase one connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Griselda: A Society Novel In Verse - Chapter V;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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