This is an analysis of the poem The Curse that begins with:
Whoever guesses, thinks, or dreams, he knows
Who is my mistress, wither by this curse ; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaaccc deeddbbb ddddXfff gXXggddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101011111 1011010101 110101 11110101 1111011101 1101111111 01010100111 0101010101 1001010111 1111011111 111111 01010110 1011111111 1111010100 1111101100 1101001101 1111010111 10010101011 110111 01110010 0101010100 1111110111 1111011111 1101010111 010011001001 1101101100 111111 10101111 1011011111 01001010011 1111100001 100111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 327
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; that, and, he, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
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- summary of The Curse;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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