This is an analysis of the poem The Griefs Of Ancient Gosh that begins with:

I happened in Gosh on an ancient day,
In the land of Glugs far, far away... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccad XaaaeXfX aaggggff ddaXhhXX cciijjdd ddXeaXgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1100111101 001011101 1011110101 10100101001 110110101 1111100101 1011101010 0010001011 010100100 101010011 101100101 0100100101 11110101 1010111010 1010110001 1110101010 101011111 010110111 101111101 1010111111 011011101 0010110101 001010101 1011100101 1111101011 101011111 01011111 1111111 111000101 110111101 1011101111 111111110 11101001001 1110100111 11111111 101010101 1111111001 101110101 111110111 110110101 10011101 010010101 0100110111 110011101 1011101010 0010100100 111101101 011111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; department, and, could are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Griefs Of Ancient Gosh;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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