This is an analysis of the poem Revenge that begins with:
Did it help, babe?
That broken heart that you gave....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDEF AXeGDH ABIIH ABCDEF ABIIH GDH DHXDgh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,6,5,3,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0011 1101111 0011101 01 101 11101 00111 011010 1011 10000101 11111 101 00111 1001101 101110101 11111011 101 0011 1101111 0011101 01 101 11101 00111 1001101 101110101 11111011 101 10000101 11111 101 11111 101 11111 1 01
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of Revenge;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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