This is an analysis of the poem The Cranes that begins with:
The western wind has blown but a few days;
Yet the first leaf already flies from the bough....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabXbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101111011 10110101001 10101110111 00111111101 110100111001 1101100101 001011110011 0101010011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 379
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Cranes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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