This is an analysis of the poem Regret that begins with:
Mine, to loose or to hold,
I held it, thus, in my hand.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AabbaXccddXXefefaabbbbb ggghhijjifk hhffXdkbbbbgggffaAgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,11,20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101 1101011 101011 1100 110101 1101110 101101 101101 1111011 01011001 010100 0111101 011011 110001 0101011 110111 1001 110111 101101 000101 0101 000101 0101 110101 10110101 11101 011101 11001 1010101 10101 1011111 110101 1101111 1001110 011101 010111 010101 1101 110100 010101 11101010 0110101 01101 111101 1110100 1101 1110101 001101 1110111 1111001 10100101 101101 110101 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 486
- Average number of words per stanza: 89
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; to, of, and, away, it, mine are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words dear, of, and, a, away are repeated.
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- summary of Regret;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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