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

No hungry star ascendant at my birth
Foretold the famine that consumes my days,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cddcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010111 0101010111 1101010001 0101111101 01110010101 11000011101 0111110101 01001010101 1111010111 1011010101 0111010011 0101011101 1111111111 1001111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; of, you are repeated.

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  • summary of Toihthe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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