This is an analysis of the poem The Loss Is Not So Great that begins with:
It is better as it is: I have failed but I can sleep;
Though the pit I now am in is very dark and deep...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eecc ffaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 00101001111111 1011110010111 11101011110101 10101111110101 11101110011111 11101111110101 11111111111101 11111011010111 11111011111111 11111111111101 111110101010111 11011010010101 00101001111101 11101011011101 1111010011011 11110011111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, can, not, my, they, may, have are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
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