This is an analysis of the poem Tired that begins with:
O For wings! that I might soar
A little way above the floor,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbX ccc ccc ddd bbb eee fff ggg hhX iiiXhhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111111 01010101 01010101 01010001 0011101 1011100 1010101 100001001 0010001 1010101 1011101 1110111 1011101 1011111 1010111 11101001 1010101 1011001 1011101 10100111 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 0011101 10100101 1100101 10101011 1110111 11101000 1110101 1110101 1010111 1110111 1001101 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; little, and, where are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, where, aye are repeated.
The author used the same word where at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Tired;
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