This is an analysis of the poem The Cigar that begins with:
Some sigh for this and that,
My wishes don't go far;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcB XbdB abeB fbXB XXXB dbaB abgB ebhB hbgB XbcB XbaB ibdBXfbiB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 110111 011110 111101 110101 011101 111100 111101 110111 111101 111101 111101 110101 110101 111011 111101 110101 110101 0101101 111101 101101 110101 110111 111101 010111 011101 110101 111101 110111 110111 010011 111101 111111 0100001 010110 111101 011101 010101 011101 111101 111101 110101 111101 111101 010101 110101 111111 111101 111101 110101 011111 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words some, i, a, the are repeated.
The author used the same words some, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word cigar at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Cigar;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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