This is an analysis of the poem Once A Sadness Known that begins with:
Once a sadness known,
Has been had......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCc ABBD CEeAA CEeAA ABBD CEeAA ABCc CEeAA cEeAA EDCDCF EDCDCF ABBD CEeAA EDCDCFXCEdCedCedce
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,5,4,5,4,5,5,6,6,4,5,18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 101 1010100 1011010 10101 101 1010111 00100010 1101 101011 1 10111 1011101 1101 101011 1 10111 1011101 10101 101 1010111 00100010 1101 101011 1 10111 1011101 10101 101 1010100 1011100 11101 101011 1 10111 1011101 11101 101011 1 10111 1011101 111 101101 101 11011 101 0101100 111 101101 101 11011 101 0101100 10101 101 1010111 00100010 11101 101011 1 10111 1011101 111 101101 101 11011 101 0101100 111101 101011 1 111101 101011 1 111101 01111 101110 100 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 79
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words many, and are repeated.
The author used the same words once, some, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words loan, empathy at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Once A Sadness Known;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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