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

Long hast thou suffered. sister of my heart,
Still thou art ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddeaXXffcaacaadbbdffeggehhiXfi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010011 111 101 1111000011 111 000 0101111111 111 101 1110111101 111 1100 1101000101 011 011 1101110001 111 111 1111010101 101 1101 1111010101 101 101 1101110111 001 101 0101010101 011 111 0101010111 101 011 1111011111 101 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 865
  • Average number of words per stanza: 169
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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