This is an analysis of the poem The Sisters' Tragedy that begins with:
A.D. 1670
AGLÄE, a widow.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aX bbccbbddeeff gghhdd iieejjcckX l mmj X g l jjkkmmhhggggjjmmk X khhhh l cc X llccjjiia jjkc khXnnjjllmmccggcckkgg oojj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,12,6,10,1,3,1,1,1,17,1,5,1,2,1,9,4,21,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11 1010 100001010 0101011111 1101001011 1101111101 1101001111 1101011100 1101010101 1101110110 0101110101 1001010101 1101010101 0101010101 0101011101 101011101 1111010100 0111111111 1101011001 11011010111 1111111101 11011101001 1111110111 1101011111 0101110101 01010011 0101011101 0101011111 1101011111 1101010101 1111111110 100 0111110011 1101111111 0101011101 1 111 100 1111111 0101110101 0101011001 1011010001 0100111111 0101011101 1111010101 1101110001 1001010100 0110110111 0111011101 10110000101 1011010111 1001110001 1111011101 1111110001 1111111111 1 1001001101 11011111111 1101111101 0110110111 11010101001 100 11111000101 1011111101 1 11011110101 1111010111 1011011011 1001010001 0100110101 11011010011 11010001001 1111110111 11010 10101 0100010101 1010001101 01110 11111 1111010111 11011011100 1011110001 1111011101 1101111101 1001111111 1111011101 1101111101 111011011111 0101011101 1111111101 1101010111 11111101111 0111110101 0101111111 1111011111 1011010101 10010011101 1111011101 1101111111 1101010011 0111011101 0101011101 1111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 104
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, he, of, i, how, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words careless, to, my are repeated.
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- summary of The Sisters' Tragedy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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