This is an analysis of the poem Changed that begins with:
1 I know not why my soul is rack'd:
2 Why I ne'er smile as was my wont:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc bcbcdede ffffghgh gegeaiaiXhihifbfb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111101 111111111 111011101 111 1110110111 110111101 111100011 101 1010100111 111111111 110111101 101 111110101 101110101 101011101 101 111010111 100111111 111110101 111 111110111 101110101 111010111 111 101010101 1111000111 111111101 111 111111101 101010111 111110111 101 111110101 111010111 111110101 111 101001011 111111101 111110111 101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; i, and, of, i'll are repeated.
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- summary of Changed;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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