This is an analysis of the poem Dust that begins with:
Here is a problem, a wonder for all to see.
Look at this marvelous thing I hold in my hand!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cdcd efef gggg hihi ajaj khkh fXfXXbbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 100100101101 110100111011 000100100100 110100100101 1001001101011 011101100111 111011101011 0111101001011 1001001001001 100100110101 1011101101011 101100110101 1001011001101 1111101101 001010100101 0100100100101 100100011101 0010111010001 001001010101 0011101000101 11010111101 10111100101 1010110101101 100100110101 101001011101 00111100111 10111111101 011011100111 110101100101 1100111111011 11011110101 10101110110 11101101101 11111111101 1111100100111 1010010111011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, as, and, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
The author used the same word think at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Dust;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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