This is an analysis of the poem Defamation that begins with:
Whey are those tears in your eyes, my child?
How horrid of them to be always scolding you for nothing!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcdXXbecddadXce
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101111 110000011101110 1111101101110 01111110 11111010111001 0110101 110010101111111 10011110 1111110011111 010 1111111101011 10101 11101110111 110110101 10101111110111 1110 11111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 795
- Average number of words per stanza: 146
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, they are repeated.
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- summary of Defamation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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