This is an analysis of the poem A Piteous Plaint that begins with:
I cannot eat my porridge,
I weary of my play;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcbcded XbfXedbd gdfdcdhd XeXegdXd fcdcXdXd AbhbcddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110 110011 11011111 110111 11011111 010101 11110111 110101 1111010 110111 11110101 11111010 1101110 0010101 11101011 110101 1101110 1110111 11101110 101101 11001101 0010101 1100010 0010101 1101010 0111011 01110110 1111111 11111010 1110011 10110000 0011101 1110110 1110101 11001101 100101 10111111 111101 11010100 010101 1101110 111111 01011111 110101 11010101 110101 101011001 0101010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, her, and, you, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, no, and, will are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word clow at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of A Piteous Plaint;
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