This is an analysis of the poem Solitude that begins with:
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcded aacaXfbf egXgcbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101 111101 1011111101 111001001 1101010 1001101 010100101 110101 0111011 111111 1111001110 1111111 01111110 0111101 11100111001 10111111 1111110 110111 011110111 1111111 101001010 1011101 111111111 10101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word be is repeated.
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- summary of Solitude;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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