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

IS he well blessed who has no eyes to scan
The woeful things that shadow all our life: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd effeeg ghhiii icic jdddkjii kkXdfdfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,6,4,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111111101 0101111111 0101010101 0111011111 0101010001 0101001111 1101010101 1111010101 0101010111 1101010101 0111110101 111010001 0101110111 1111010111 1101010111 0111011101 1101110101 1101011101 1101010101 1111011100 11010010001 1111001111 1101001101 1101110110 1101011111 1111000111 0101011111 1110010101 1101110101 1101110111 1111110111 1101011101 1111001111 1101110101 010110111000 1111000111 0101010111 1101011101 1101010101 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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

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