This is an analysis of the poem Sullen Moods that begins with:

Love, do not count your labour lost
Though I turn sullen, grim, retired...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece XbXb bbbb eeXe dadaXaeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111111 11110101 101111101 010111010 11110111 10110111 11111001 10011101 01110010 11010111 11010100 1010101 11111100 11010111 11111101 10110111 100100111 11110111 11110101 11011111 11011111 01010101 111100010 11010011 11011101 11011111 11011101 11011001 01010101 10010111 01010101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

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

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