This is an analysis of the poem Cosmic Tears that begins with:

I loved it...
When you danced with life....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACDA aeffXc CGHfifXie ABACDA CGHci Xcacb Cef CeffEGEXEGEXEGXGXGXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,9,6,5,5,3,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 11101 10010111 11111 101001 11111 110 11110110 1101010 001110 001111 1010010 11111101 01001111 01011111 110101110 010101 01011 11001 10101000101 00010101 110 11101 10010111 11111 101001 11111 11111101 01001111 01011111 111010 0100101 11011010 1011111 1110101 0101011 0101 1101 1010101 10001010 1101 110101 11100010 11100010 0101010001 111 0101010001 1 0101010001 111 0101010001 1 0101010001 111 1 111 1 111 1 1 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from, it, zip, shooooo are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word shooooo is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines needed, shooooo are repeated).

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

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  • summary of Cosmic Tears;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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