This is an analysis of the poem A Prayer To Saint Rosa that begins with:

When I am so worn out I cannot sleep
And yet I know I have to work next day ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbadXdXece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111101 1111110111 1111101110 0111110111 1111010101 1101110001 11011110101 1101110101 11001101001 100101010010 10110000101 11000101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 519
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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