This is an analysis of the poem The Weakest Thing that begins with:
Which is the weakest thing of all
Mine heart can ponder?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcX dXdbebeb fbfbgXgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010101 11110 01010111 01010 01010111 100010 01010101 11100 11110111 11010 111100111 11110 11010111 11010 10110101 01110 11111111 11010 11011011 01010 100100101 01010 01000101 10010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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