This is an analysis of the poem Fears And Scruples that begins with:
Here's my case. Of old I used to love him.
This same unseen friend, before I knew:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eXef ghgh XdXf idiX bjbj fkfk igXX elel cgfXXbdbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111011 010110111 1111111011 101111111 1110101010 101010111 1011111110 011111101 1010111110 101010111 1011100110 101111111 1110111010 111110101 1110011110 101011111 1010101010 101011101 10110011100 101000001 1011101110 101111110 1110101010 1011101000 1110111011 111110101 1111101111 111011101 1011100111 111011101 11101111011 111111111 11111010100 111110101 1111111110 111011111 1110101110 110111111 1111101010 111111101 1101101110 111011101 1111110111 111110011 1111101011 101110111 1111111111 100110001
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; him, his, you, i, tho', ' are repeated.
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- summary of Fears And Scruples;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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