This is an analysis of the poem Does Suffering Scare Me? that begins with:

Does suffering scare me? O Mother,
Let me suffer in this world. Do I require more?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXX abXb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011110 1110001110101 1001010111101 110011111101 00010100 1010111110 110001011 101101111 1101010010 101011100 11011100 0101101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, i are repeated.

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

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