This is an analysis of the poem On And In What Stage Of Regret that begins with:

On and in what stage of regret,
Will an accepted sorrow be fully embraced....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXcbXXXc Xd aaddXXeeXddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,2,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001 010101001001 0001010 01000 11011110100 1 01 101001010110 01101001010 101011010111 010001000101 11001100 1010101 1010100100011 00101 11111101 010101011101 11 011011 0010101 101110 001010101 10000101001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • 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 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 is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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