This is an analysis of Poem Of Despair by Igor Severyanin.

I know nothing, I trust in nothing,
I no longer in life see its brighter side.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XbcX aXac
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111011010 11100110101 101111010010 11101111110 11101110010 101101011 111111111 100101110101 1010011010010 101011101110 1111010101110 110101101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

i, nothing, no

Anaphora

i