This is an analysis of the poem Big Words that begins with:

I've whined of coming death, but now, no more!
It's weak and most ungracious. For, say I,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbcdcaadcdccdXdXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001011111 0111100111 1101001101 1110010101 1111110110 1011101101 10101 11010001101 01110101001 0101110101 10001001101 10010010011 1111100101 10001010111 1101111101 101001 1101011101 11011111110 0111111101 01111111010 11010010001 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 935
  • Average number of words per stanza: 174
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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