This is an analysis of the poem I Pity The Fool that begins with:

There is nothing like witnessing,
What has come to pass....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcbXad befghXfaXdegch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10101100 11101 010000101 101010101 1101110110 0100010101100 10001110111 1101010 110110 0100101010 111110011100 1110010101 0010001001001 11001000000101 011010110101 1100010010010 1100110111 110 111011111 010001101 00010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of I Pity The Fool;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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