This is an analysis of the poem Case Studies: I that begins with:

You thrust into the coffin
where your young wife lay cold...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXc bXad Xc XXdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100010 111111 1101100100 101010001 10010101010 01001110 010011100 111101 00011100 110011 111010 01110111 11110 0100 1010110 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Case Studies: I;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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