This is an analysis of the poem Victimized In Sobbing Cries that begins with:

Throughout the night,
Shadows cast by moonlight comes....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcb bbabXaX aabdc baedcXcbedcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,5,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101 1111111 0010010 011101 101001 111101 11011 11010111 1110110 101001110 1000101 11010001 11100001 101101 01011111 10010111 10101 11111 1000101 11010111 110110 10001 01 1 010100111 1101110110 11011001 1001010 0011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Victimized In Sobbing Cries;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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