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

Pity all faithless women who have loved. None knows
How much it hurts a woman to do wrong to love.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba bccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101101011111 110101001101 010111010101 110101110101 110101011111 100101011011 110001111111 111111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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