This is an analysis of the poem The Tears Of Rachel that begins with:

Peace to the earth of the evens and sinners!
Barriers, glasses, and pools are in a glow....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXacda aabaecda Xbebecea X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010010110 10010111001 111001110 1101111011 111101010 1011101001 10101011010 1001001001 1111001110 010010111110 011100110100 11001011010 00111011010 0111001001 110110011010 10100101 10110110110 0111111010 1101101001 1001100101 101110010 111111111 11011011001 0001010001 0101110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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, of, one are repeated.

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

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

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