This is an analysis of the poem The Pan Of Sorrows that begins with:

I will give you the grain of tears,
Roast my sorrows in your pan,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBC DB XefgcBC XXXbgBC aXbfcBC aXXXeBC gfgabfBCXDB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,7,7,7,7,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 1110011 1100010 10001010010 1110011 111010 011110 010101 0010 0111110 1110011 100010 1001 11101 001 1101011 111010110100 1110011 100010 1111 1101001 111101 0110 11110110 1110011 100010 10101101 101111111 1101 101 11111100100 1110011 100010 0111 0101010 011 010001 1111010010 111001 1110011 1100010 10001010010 1110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word fire at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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