This is an analysis of the poem There's A Regret that begins with:

There's a regret
So grinding, so immitigably sad,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc deed feef ghhg aeeX ciic
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001 1101100001 01111100101 111101 1101 111110111 11111010011 0101101 1111 0111010111 0101011111 110111 1111 0101101111 01111111001 111111 1011 1111110101 01110010101 101111 10111 1111111100 10011111001 00010010 1101 1101010111 01111100101 0011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words death, and, his are repeated.

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  • summary of There's A Regret;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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