This is an analysis of the poem Song. Sorrow that begins with:

To me this world's a dreary blank,
All hopes in life are gone and fled,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dede fgfg hihi jiji dddd bcbc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 11011111 11110011 11110111 01110011 11010111 01111101 11011101 11110111 110100110 11010101 100111010 11010001 11010101 11010101 11111101 01111101 11010110 01011101 11010101 01010101 11010111 01111101 110010101 01010101 01111101 110010101 11010101 11110001 11011101 110010101 11010101 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Song. Sorrow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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