Foresight by William Wordsworth: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Foresight that begins with:

That is work of waste and ruin--
Do as Charles and I are doing! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcbcdd aabebeff ffghghii eegjgjee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 111011110 11010111 11101110 11001001 11111110 1110101 1110111 1011101 1110111 1110111 10101110 0010101 11111110 11111110 101011010 110001110 10111000 1000101 1010111 1011101 10101001 1010101 11000101 111001010 0010011010 10110101 11101101 1010111 10111001 10101010 111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; and, your are repeated.

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

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

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

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

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

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