This is an analysis of the poem Ill-Starred that begins with:
To bear a weight that cannot be borne,
Sisyphus, even you aren't that strong, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXccc cXd ddd X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,3,3,1,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010111001 1001011011 11111001 1011101 101010100 010101011 11101101 1010011011 10010110110 01011001 10101111 10010100001 00111010 00101010101 0101100100 01011001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
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- summary of Ill-Starred;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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