This is an analysis of the poem Tears that begins with:
Tears...
Dry them! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdefacgfheaaaiigjjihjfhadhhggaejffahhehXhXadhXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 10 101 11011 1011010 11011 1110111 10 11111 1111110011 001 11011101101 11001111 111111001110 1111 11010 01111 0111101001 11101 1111111 1111111 011 111010 1110001111010 1111 1 1010111 1110011 0101111100 11100 10111 111 11101 1100111 11111001010 10110111000100 101010 1 1110011 1111001 10100110 10110100 010 101 110 0111001001 1110010010 111110101 101001100110 0011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1328
- Average number of words per stanza: 244
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; i, my, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that's, i are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it, friend are repeated).
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- summary of Tears;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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