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

MEN have made them gods of love,
Sun-gods, givers of the rain, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1110101 1110001 1000111 1110101 0111101 1010101 11010001 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, are repeated.

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  • summary of Pain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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