This is an analysis of the poem Songs Set To Music: 4. Set By Mr. Smith that begins with:

Come, weep no more, for 'tis in vain;
Torment not thus your pretty heart;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dbdb eaea afaf ghgh bbbb eded ijij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 01111101 110011101 11111111 11110101 11011111 11110101 11110111 11011001 10100111 11100111 01111101 11111111 11100101 11111101 01111101 11111100 111101010 11111110 110111110 110011111 010010111 01110101 01110111 11111111 11001101 11110101 011100101 11111100 011010101 11111101 11000101 111101101 01111101 11110101 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, they, to are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase believe connects the lines.

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  • summary of Songs Set To Music: 4. Set By Mr. Smith;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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