This is an analysis of the poem I Refuse To Lament that begins with:
I have things to lament.
You have things to lament....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAABA AAABA CACACA CACACA AAABA CACACA ABA AADB AADB AADB AABXAAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,6,5,6,3,4,4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001 111001 101001 11110100 0010101 111001 111001 101001 11110100 0010101 101 101 1011 001 0101 00101010100 101 101 1011 001 0101 00101010100 111001 111001 101001 11110100 0010101 101 101 1011 001 0101 00101010100 101001 11110100 0010101 111001 111001 11101010 1010111 111001 111001 11101010 1010111 111001 111001 11101010 1010111 101001 101001 10100101010111 101001 101001 10100101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 54
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, lament, i, refuse are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same words i, growing 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 lament is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words meant, argument, sense at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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