This is an analysis of the poem While Yet These Tears that begins with:

While yet these tears have power to flow
For hours for ever past away;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeXaXae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111111001 110110101 11110101 110010101 11111101 11010111 11111101 11010101 111110011 11111111 11011101 1111010010 11010101 11111111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 510
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; my is repeated.

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  • summary of While Yet These Tears;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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