This is an analysis of the poem Pity that begins with:
THE TWINKLING mists of green and gold
Afloat in the abyss of air, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dXdX efef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010111 01000101 01010111 110101 01010001 11010101 10110111 010101 10110101 10010100 11011110 100111 001100111 01011111 10010101 001101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Pity;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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