This is an analysis of the poem So Shocking To Mourn that begins with:
Can a tragedy expected,
Be one that's so shocking to mourn? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABABBA XcXdccdXABABBA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10100010 01111001 01110101 001100101 111101 1010011001 1001111 00111100 1001110001 00100010001 01001101 1101010101 101 10100010 01111001 01110101 001100101 111101 1010011001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.
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- summary of So Shocking To Mourn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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