This is an analysis of the poem To Weep Because that begins with:

To weep because a glorious sun has set
Which the next morn shall gild the east again;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdcecebb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 01010100111 1011110101 0111011101 1111010101 0101011101 11100101001 1101010101 1001100101 0111010101 0111110101 1101111001 1111010001 1101010101 0101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 606
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of To Weep Because;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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