This is an analysis of the poem "How Great My Grief" (Triolet) that begins with:

How great my grief, my joys how few,
Since first it was my fate to know thee! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbaAabAb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 110111011 10101101 11111111 110011101 110101011 11111111 110111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; my, how are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.

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  • summary of "How Great My Grief" (Triolet);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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