This is an analysis of the poem A Tear And A Smile that begins with:

I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart
For the joys of the multitude....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd e fgbg ac f XXeX gfac XE hb gfh fE hdXXhXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,2,1,4,4,2,2,3,2,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11101010011 10100101 11111011101 0101100110010 111110101101 010101111111010 01101101 0101110010111 000100110010001 010111010101 0100010110010 11101110101101111101010 11010111100000 101100111111 1010110010 1110101010110100101010100 010100101010 11100010 110011100101 011 0100100101100 01101 01000101101111 01011001 10110101110 010101011110 001110111000100101 010100101010 01101 1110100110100 0101001001010 1110110010010 10101010101 101101 00100111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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  • summary of A Tear And A Smile;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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