This is an analysis of the poem Sympathy that begins with:

If I were only a little puppy, not your baby, mother dear, would
you say "No" to me if I tried to eat from your dish?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbXaXbXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100101011101011 111000101101011 1111110011001110 10100 111011010101111 11101111101 0101001011011110 10111111111101 1111101111101010 100100101011110 0110110101000110 10111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 688
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • 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; to, me, you, i are repeated.

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

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