This is an analysis of the poem Troubles that begins with:
Those troubles I have not.
To keep a frown upon my mouth....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD AAAE ffXfXa AAAEXABCD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110111 01010111 10110101 10110101 110111 01110101 01111001 10110111 111011 110111001 11110 1111011 111101101 0100101 110111 01110101 01111001 10110111 110111 01010111 10110101 10110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, my are repeated.
The author used the same word those at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Troubles;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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