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

O who will give me tears? Come, all ye springs,
Dwell in my head and eyes; come, clouds... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aababacacdedeafafggX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011111101 10111111 11 11110101001 11010111001 1101000111 1101011111 01111100101 0101101101 1111011101 0011010011 0101011111 1101000101 1011110111 1111010111 1111110011 1111011101 1101110101 1101110111 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 813
  • Average number of words per stanza: 155
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Grief;
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