This is an analysis of the poem Pain's Proof that begins with:
I think men's great capacity for pain
Proves his immortal birthright. I am sure... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef agag
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111010011 1001011111 1101011101 0101010101 1101010111 1101010001 1001110101 0101110111 0101110101 01010100110 11111011001 01011101010 0111110101 1111110101 0101110101 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Pain's Proof;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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