This is an analysis of the poem Convalescent that begins with:
How shall I wail, that wasn't meant for weeping?
Love has run and left me, oh, what then?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc dede fcfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101110 111111111 11111101010 101111101 10111101011 111110111 11001111011 101011111 10110101010 111111101 11111110110 111011111 11011101011 111111101 11111111011 10011010110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Convalescent;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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