This is an analysis of the poem Alice Sick that begins with:

SICK, Alice grown, and fearing dire event,
Some friend advised a servant should be sent...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa ccddbbeeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11011101001 1101010101 0100011101 1101011001 1101010001 1101010001 0100110101 0101010101 11010110001 1111110101 1101010101 1101010011 0101010111 0101110101 1111110101 1101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 342
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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.

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

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