This is an analysis of the poem I Would Have Wept that begins with:

I would have wept with the beast,
The bird, the blossoming flower,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbadXdXeXedfgfchchaiai djgjffaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1111001 01010010 0100001 101111110 100111 1111101 0111111 00101101 0010110001 0010011001 101001001 111001001 111111001 101111001 111011111 01111101 101011111 10100101 1101001 0101101 10111101 1010101 1111101 1100101 101011101 0101101 1011011 1100101 101101001 1110101 1111001 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 537
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you, her are repeated.

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

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  • summary of I Would Have Wept;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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