This is an analysis of the poem A Lament that begins with:
It induces a sensation
Of irritation...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaaaaaaaXaXXXaXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00100010 01010 1010010 1101010 1111001010 101001101010 001000010010 101001001010 000110010 000111010 0001101010 101010010 1010 110000 101011001010 110101010000 10000 1100000 11011010 0010110 11 01010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 606
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and are repeated.
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