This is an analysis of the poem O'Complainant that begins with:
O you who complain without an illness
how will you do if you become really ill?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXbbaXXcdXcdbdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101110 10110101101 1100111 0111110010001 11111001111 0101010 110010111 110110111 11101001010 011101100001 10101011110 111010101 110101011 100100101011 010110101 10001110110 11101010010010 11101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 730
- Average number of words per stanza: 158
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; who, you, see, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of O'Complainant;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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