This is an analysis of the poem Putting Pity Properly Propped that begins with:
How pitiful can a declared pity get?
Some can do pity proud......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaXa XXXaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11001001101 111101 11010111 10101001 00110010011 011001010101 1000101001000100 110101101110 10101 10101001 11110110100 1100011011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; pity is repeated.
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- summary of Putting Pity Properly Propped;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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