This is an analysis of the poem A Colliquy that begins with:
Why hurt so hard by little pricks,
By chasing cares so clouded over,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXbXcdecde cfbafbgfcgfa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 110111010 101 10111110 110111010 110 011101001 01110111 1101 11110101 11010111 0111 00011101 10110001 01110 01110101 10110001 01010 01110101 011101001 0111 100111101 01010001 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of A Colliquy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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