This is an analysis of the poem Tormenting Cares that begins with:
Sleep, sleep today, tormenting cares
Of earth and folly born!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcdcXdXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011101 011101 11110111 000101 01100101 011101 11110001 010011 11110101 1100101 11011101 010100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 359
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
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