This is an analysis of the poem O'Er Thee, Misfortune, I Have Ceased To Wail that begins with:
O'er thee, Misfortune, I have ceased to wail,
I'll utter no reproaches any more. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba abba cdcXdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10101011101 1101100101 1101011101 1001000111 1101111101 1111010101 1111011101 1111011101 1111111001 1111000111 0101010111 1101001111 1101111001 1000000111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, no, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
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