This is an analysis of the poem Cowardly Fool that begins with:
You celebrated my death.
And delighted in my murder....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXbbXa XcXXdX XcdXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101011 10100110 11111111 11000100 10111010 1111101 1011 011110 11011001001 11101111010101 0101110111 110111010 0111 01010100 11001 10111 11100111 1110001 010011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; my, and, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Cowardly Fool;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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