This is an analysis of the poem Sorrow that begins with:
Why does the thin grey strand
Floating up from the forgotten ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcX acXdXacbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 10100010 10101110 110101 110101 111011011 0111010010 0011100 11110101 011001111 1010111111 110110110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Sorrow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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