This is an analysis of the poem Do These Tears Know? that begins with:

Do these tears know who made them fall?
Do these hearts know who made them recoil?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 111111001 1011110110001 1010111111 110101 0011001 011010111 0101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; man is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words do, a are repeated.

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  • summary of Do These Tears Know?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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