This is an analysis of the poem O Woe that begins with:
O woe! The sky is thin, listless.
O woe! The stars are withered, extinguished....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcXaXaXcXXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11010110 1101110010 1101111 11010010011 110111101 110110111111 1111100111 11010011100 11010111 11110101 1111110101 111010111 11010101110 111100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 557
- Average number of words per stanza: 111
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, woe are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word o is repeated.
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- summary of O Woe;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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