This is an analysis of the poem The Question that begins with:
WHAT can he ail? I hear them ask
And what can make his cheek so pale?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb dedefgfg adadfdfd fhXhXhgh faiaiefe fdfdcdcd jjjjfefe kckcadad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 11110111 11010001 11110101 01110101 110010111 11010101 11110101 11010111 11111101 01001101 110110001 11010101 11011101 11110101 11010001 01010101 01011101 01010111 10010001 010101111 11110111 011010111 11010001 01110101 11010101 01111101 11000101 0101001110 01011101 01111111 11110111 01011111 11110101 01110101 11010111 11011101 11110111 01111111 11110101 1011110111 01010111 11010111 11110001 01001101 01111101 01110101 01110101 11010101 11011101 11010011 11011101 1101111011 11110101 11111111 11111101 01010101 11011101 11110101 01011101 01010101 01010111 11011101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, all, little, he, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Question;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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