This is an analysis of the poem Run To The One Who Comforts that begins with:

Run to the ONE who comforts you.
Without delaying....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABACDEdFaABABadadaddeddedfaf ABABACDEXFFaFDeFFaFDFdaFd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,25,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101 01010 10011101 01010 11111 110101 01011101 0111101 10011111 11101 1 10011101 01010 10011101 01010 10011 0101101 1001111 1011101 0 10 1111111 1 10 011111 1 10 0010111 1011011 01110011 10011101 01010 10011101 01010 11111 110101 01011101 0111101 1001110 11101 1 1001110 11111 1 1001110 11101 1 1001110 11111 1001110 1101101 1 1001110 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 428
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word run at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Run To The One Who Comforts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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