This is an analysis of the poem The Cure that begins with:

When you can't get her out of your head, young man,
And you hate what you have to do; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdCd aeaecXCX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101111 11111101 111100111111 10101101 1111100101 1111101 1101101100 01111001 11111100101 1000111 1010001111 11111111 1111101101 10101110 1101101100 11001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; you, and, when are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Cure;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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