This is an analysis of the poem A Complaint that begins with:
There is a change--and I am poor;
Your love hath been, nor long ago,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc XdXdee fXfXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011111 11101101 01011111 11010101 11001101 00110111 11010011 11111101 11110101 0100100101 11111101 01001101 01010101 11001101 11000101 01010100 11110101 01111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of A Complaint;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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