This is an analysis of the poem The Saddest Fate that begins with:

To touch a broken lute,
To strike a jangled string,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababCc dedeCc aaaaCc fdfdcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101 010101 01010101 011101 1101110101 0111100111 011101 0111010 01010111 1001010 1101110101 01111011011 010111 010111 01011101 100111 1101110101 0111101111 011010 011101 10011101 100101 1101110101 0111100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

    The author used the same word to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of The Saddest Fate;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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