This is an analysis of the poem A Weeping Cupid that begins with:
Why, Love! I thought you were gay and fair,
Merry of mien and debonair....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXbbcccddeeeddXddffeeXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110111 10011101 1110111 11011111 11010110 111101101 10101111 10110101 01010111 11011111 010110111 0110110101 11011101 11010111 01110101 011110101 010100101 110101100 11010101 01010101 111111111 010110111 11010111 11011111 11100101 11
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 931
- Average number of words per stanza: 180
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of A Weeping Cupid;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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