This is an analysis of the poem The Hands That Hang Down that begins with:
O lord, I am so tired!
My heart is sick and sore.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab XbXb bcdc deXe XdXd bfaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110 110111 11111110 111111 111101 111111 10111101 110101 111101 010111 11011101 010100 011111 111101 110010101 100101 111111 111110 11111111 111111 1001110 110101 10010111 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, how are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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