This is an analysis of the poem The Curse that begins with:

When I shall be no more
You will suffer, I promise,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeffaagaXhcieXej ibdegfXkflldmbfffcefXfijcfX caceifhicla cajjeffe cfgfei gfX dfgffkkd ccdlmll jalaji aXf jmm enafncgaaXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,27,11,8,6,3,8,7,6,3,3,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 1010110 110101 11010101011 1011001111 0111011 101111 101001001 1101011 1101111000 111 111010 1110101 111010 0100110111 1010011001 011 101000101 1011011101 01011 1001001 11001101 01101 11001110 01010111 11100110 1001 10111101 110110010 010111110 11100101 10101010111 10011 1111001 01010101 1010111010 101100101010 11100110 0101011010 101001011 1001110 111010010010 0100100011 110101111 1101011 1110110 1010101 10101010101 11001 101001100101 1010111 101011001 110001 01011 0100101 1001010100110 101111111 1010101 1100111 11001001 1101111101 1100101001011 0100011 011110101 111 0101001001 01010110101 01110100 110100010100 001101011 10110101 0111010100 101110011 11010 1110001011 101101 110111000 110001010 101111 1010110 101101101 10011 01001001 010101 10111001 1001010010010 111 100110 101011101110 0101 1011001 1101010 11101001001 1100101 1010111 110101001011 11100110 111001011011 010110 11111 101011011 1011010111 1111010 1111101 111 10100110 01100101 110100100 101111 10010101011 01010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 111
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, your, of, that, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words then, and, all, at are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase again connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Curse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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