This is an analysis of the poem How Foolish that begins with:
You weren't there when my pains were inflicted.
That is why you believe the pain I receive from you, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcadXacXdXaXbecXeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011110010 1011010110101 1111010 10101000111 101110 01110011100 0101 011110 1110101101101 101001010100 11111100111 111 1111111111010 101 111 110110 1111111 11 111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 612
- Average number of words per stanza: 112
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words is, i are repeated.
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- summary of How Foolish;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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