This is an analysis of the poem Pain that begins with:
And a woman spoke, saying, 'Tell us of Pain.'
And he said: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X X a X b c a c X aXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101101101 111 110010001110011010 10101001111011100111111 111111010101010001111111110111 111010100111011111010010111011 1111001001010011 10110110 00010101100100111111 111001011010001011000 10111011010101010001 101111011110100011010110001101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 81 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 15
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, pain, your, you, would, and, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Pain;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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