This is an analysis of the poem Questionings that begins with:
Laughter and Silence for a sword and shield!
O aching heart, what war is this you wage ? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdaeaeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1011010111 1101110011 11110101001 111110101 1111000101 1001010101 1101100101 1101010101 0111010101 1111010111 1100010001 1001011101 1101010101 01010001001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 618
- Average number of words per stanza: 112
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
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- summary of Questionings;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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