This is an analysis of the poem Esther, A Sonnet Sequence: Xliii that begins with:
How shall I tell my fall? The life of man
Is but a tale of tumbles, this way thrown... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaXbXbXcdcdee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111110101 0101010011 1001011101 001101010100 1011010101 1101110100 1101010011 10001011111 1111010101 1110010011 1101001101 1101001101 1101110111 11100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 602
- Average number of words per stanza: 119
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
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