This is an analysis of the poem Ooo-Ooo It Pains that begins with:

Eyes stop,
When one sees something unusual....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAAC adeX fee fFXdfF GHgf ABAACefiieF GHgdjjfeF FKeEL FKeELXhFKeELF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,3,6,4,11,9,5,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 111100100 111 11 0101 1101 11111 11111 01100 11010101 00101001 101011101 101 1101 010010110101 01000101011001 101 1101 110001001 0100010 10110001011 101 11 111100100 111 11 0101 1 10110101 0101110 110100110 00101 1101 110001001 0100010 101010001011 0011001000010101 1001010111 11010101101 110110101 1011010101 01 1101 101000101 01 10100101 0001110101 1101 101000101 01 10100101 0001110101 010001010001010 01 101000101 01 10100101 0001110101 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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, it, pains are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

    The author used the same words eyes, ooo 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 pains is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words pains, change at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Ooo-Ooo It Pains;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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