This is an analysis of the poem Grief Is A Mouse that begins with:

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Grief is a Mouse—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 100100 11010001 101100 11010 100100100 10100001 01110 1101000 100100001010 10110111 11010000000010 100100001000 110100000110 110010100 01000 10000110000110 101101010000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Grief Is A Mouse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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