This is an analysis of the poem I'M So Frightfully Unhappy that begins with:

I'm so frightfully unhappy,
I feel, oh stars, I am dying!:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX bbbb cddc beeb fXXf X XXXX gggX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100010 11111110 11011010 0101001 1010011 0100101 0110101 1010010 1011111 0111101 1000111 11101111 1011001 0101101 1011011 11101001 0100111 1110111 1111001 01100101 011001000101 011001000 101100110 11010110 101010010 101010110 001011010 101110010 101100100 1001111 110100111 11011011 11010001 10110100 101000100 11101000 1110010 110110 1010010 1111101 1011111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; i is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word de at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines haz is repeated).

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  • summary of I'M So Frightfully Unhappy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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