This is an analysis of the poem Eugenia Todd that begins with:

Have any of you, passers-by,
Had an old tooth that was an unceasing discomfort?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXaXXXbbXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11001101 1111111010010 101001110111 1001011101 1110010010 11100100101001 0010101 1011011010010 1010011111 100001 0101101001 111100101 101100011 1011111 1110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 604
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; that, in are repeated.

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

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