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

She folded up the worn and mended frock,
And smoothed it tenderly upon her knee,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdcd efefdXdb gagXghgh ibibfbfX eceXfdfd bebX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011101 1101000101 1101100111 1101110100 1001011111 1101011101 0101000101 1001000101 1111011111 0110011111 1110110101 1101011101 10111111110 1101010111 11110101010 10110011011 1111011011 1001101101 0001110111 10111100111 1101010101 1101010111 1111011101 1100010101 1111010101 1101110111 11010011001 1111101111 1001011111 0101011100 1101110111 1001011111 11010010101 0101011101 1100101111 11010101000 0100011101 0111000101 1101010101 0101110001 0101010001 1101111101 1101010101 1101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • 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 is repeated.

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

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

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