This is an analysis of the poem Don'T Be Cruel To The Motherless Darlings that begins with:
The sun that sank just now beyond those calm waters
Shines not for me;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcbab ddAD XbXbXdAD XccccdAd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011111011110 1111 011001011010 1111 11111101010 1010110101 111101111010 1101 11111101 111101 110100010010 1001 111101110110 1011 111100110110 1001 11010101010 11110101 110100010010 1001 111101010110 1001 011101111111 1111 00110101010 10110101 110100010010 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word unkind at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Don'T Be Cruel To The Motherless Darlings;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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