This is an analysis of the poem Consummation Of Grief that begins with:

I even hear the mountains
the way they laugh...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdcacdefcXXeafaXgbhahg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 0111 111111 110010 011 1010 011 1100010 111101 10100111 110011 001101110 00110101 001011 01010 001 1011 10010011 01010 101010111 110101 11 01011 11110 1110101010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 583
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, i are repeated.

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  • summary of Consummation Of Grief;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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