This is an analysis of the poem The Smiling Listener that begins with:
PRECISELY. I see it. You all want to say
That a tear is too sad and a laugh is too gay;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbcc ddee ffdd gghh bbXX iijj eebb aadd XXee kkXf ddii aacX kkhh ffhh llaa eecX mmaaXffee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01011011101 101011101011 111011111001 111011111101 11111001001 111101011001 111011001111 111001001011 01001010110 101010111101 101011111010 111101001001 11111001001 111101011101 1010010001001 1111001111001 01001011101 001001011111 11011011101 01101011101 11111001001 01001011011 111001011011 101101011001 111101001001 1010111001001 1101110101001 111011111001 11111001011 11011011011 01011011101 11001011111 11101101011 11011011101 01101111101 11111111101 100101001001 111101011110 111001111001 001101100001 101111101111 111101111011 101001111011 111001101001 11001001001 101011001111 101111011001 111001011001 1010010110101 101001011001 1111111001111 1101101001011 11111010111101 11011001011 11011001011 111011010111 11111011011 101111101001 1111111101011 101111101011 111010101001 11001001011 01011101001 001011101011 11111001111 111011011011 101111111011 111111101011 101101011011 11111101001 111111001011 001001011001 101101111001 11011011001 11001001101 010111011001
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, of, our, and, his, he, one, in, more, to, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Smiling Listener;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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