This is an analysis of the poem In Trouble that begins with:

1 It's all for nothing: I've lost im now.
2 I suppose it ad to be:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdeXe fbXbdaba faXacbfb gefeXggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1011101111 11010100 1111101001 111101001 11110111101 110110111 111110111 11111101 1010110111 10111101 11110101101 10110011 11111111111 11111111 111101101101 11110101 110100111111 110100101 1111110111 11110101 1110110111 101111101 11011101101 11110111 11101110111 11110111 1110101101 11110111 1010100101 11100111 1110101101 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, and, me, e, sin are repeated.

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  • summary of In Trouble;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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