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

A WORD is ringing thro' my brain,
It was not meant to give me pain; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eedddddd aaaaffdd ddgghhdd ffiiXhdd aabbbXdd ggjjbXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 01110111 01110101 11011101 01110111 10110101 01110111 01010101 11101111 01010101 11110111 00111101 10001101 010101101 10111101 11011111 10010111 11110101 11111111 01011101 11011111 010101101 11011111 01110101 11110101 01110111 101100111 01011011 01010101 11011101 01111001 11110101 01100101 01010100 01010101 11111101 11110110 010110111 11011111 11010101 01010101 01111101 10111111 01010111 10110101 10010110 11011111 01110101 11110101 11110011 11010111 11111101 110100111 11111100 11011111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, in are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words when, it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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