This is an analysis of the poem My Throat Is Sore that begins with:

My throat is sore, my voice is hoarse with skriking,
My rests are sighs, deep from the heart’s root fetched;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101010 1111100111 11111110110 1111110101 11111111110 11011011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.

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  • summary of My Throat Is Sore;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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