This is an analysis of the poem News Of Tragedies that begins with:

Wishing to receive news of tragedies,
With a preferred touch of sweetness......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcXXa aadaXaae XcefXXadgXXgfcXaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000110100 00011010 010010001001010 101000010110 1010 1101011110001 11010011001010 011111001 1010010100110100 10100100101010 100110111010 111110110 11010100110 01110101111 10110110010 101001101 1 010101010 01010101010 110 1111 1101001100111 11 111111 11101001 011 1111110110 00100111111 010 1111001010 10010 10101 1111110101100 111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 418
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; of, to are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of News Of Tragedies;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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