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

HAVING certain cares to drown,
To the sea I took them down: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cc dd ee XX aa cc aa aa ee aa XX ff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 0011101 1110001 1010101 1011101 0011001 1011111 1011111 1010101 1011111 0010110 0011101 1010101 1111101 1111011 1110001 1010111 0010101 1011101 1111101 1110111 1111111 1011111 1111101 0010101 0111110 1111101 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 66
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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