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

She heard the children playing in the sun,
And through her window saw the white-stemmed trees ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbabcdbcdeffeXffXXdaXda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010001 1101010111 1101010001 1001011111 1101110011 0100011100 1101111101 1011010010 11011111010 1111111111 0110000111 1001110010010 10010010001 1100011001 10100001100 1101011111 1111110101 1011110100 0101110101 01010100011 0111001101 100101010 111101100 0101111011 0101010111 1001110100 11011111101 0101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 216
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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