This is an analysis of the poem Lamentations that begins with:

I found him in the guard-room at the Base.
From the blind darkness I had heard his crying ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110011101 00110111010 1100010101 01011011010 0101111101 1101010111 1101010101 11011111110 1101010101 11111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 462
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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