This is an analysis of the poem The Cause that begins with:

Out of these throes that search and sear
What is it so deep arises in us... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedebb fgfgeX ahahcc icicaa jgjgkkXfifigg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111 1001101001 01010101 110101111 01010111 11011111 00010101 010101010 01010001 111111010 01111101 01010101 00010111 100101110 0101011 010111010 01010001 111100100 11111101 010101010 11110001 010010010 100110101 00110001 01110101 111101110 01010111 111101010 01110101 01110101 11010101 110101010 11110101 011100010 11010111 01000101 100100111 11010001 11110111 01110111 110101010 101111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • 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; of, you are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Cause;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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