This is an analysis of the poem Willie's Question that begins with:
I.
Willie speaks....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a B cdcd ecec fcfc cgcg cfcf haha X I chch dfdf adad B ecec jaja aefdfd jeje aiai hfakhf B hhhh B dacdcd I bgbg lclX mgmg aiai X B jnjn I kjXj dk lkl dcdedc B caca I caca fjfj efef ijij hihi X B afaaf hbhb I clXl ac aa ca B lg blg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,1,4,4,4,1,4,4,6,4,4,6,1,4,1,6,1,4,4,4,4,1,1,4,1,4,2,3,6,1,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,1,1,5,4,1,4,2,2,2,1,2,3,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,2,3,1,4,1,2,1,2,1,4,1,4,4,1,4,1,4,4,1,1,4,1,4,1,4,4,2,1,2,2,1,2,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 101 00101001 111101 1110101101 111111 10010111 1001001 111111110 011011 100101 0110101 0011010101 0100101 0100101 110101 011101111 011101 0111111 111101 1100111001 1111101 1100111 1100101 10110101 1010101 1 01010 101001 1100011 011110111 1100111 0101101 1100101 111111111 110001 11100111 111111 0110001011 10100101 101 1010011 111101 101101001 1010101 1011111 1011101 11101111001 11001011 1 1 00111 1110111 110101111 1101101 11101111 101101 01001001001 110111 1100100 0100111 10101001 0101101 101111011 10101010 1 1 110011 111001 0101 1011001 1101001 10100100111 0110101 101 101110 0 1 110111 011100101 010111 01010 0101111 0101111 0101100111 00100111 001001001 1001101 110110101 10010 1110101 010101 01101010010 101111 010011 11010110 0101110111 11001110 1 101 110111 1011110 11010101 01011010 01010 1100101 111101 11111000110 1100011 1111110 1 1111111 1110100101 1110101 00101111 110101 111001001001 11 1 1001 101 1111001 111101 010100111 1111111 01010 1111101 110111 1111101001 010011 10110101 011101 111110101 10101001 1011011 1100101 11110111111 1111001 1001001 1001001 11101001011 1001101 01001011 1101111 110010111 1110111 1 101 111001 1110101 111110101 10011 1 11011110 1111101 1110101110 110111 01010 1111011 1111001 1101101010 11010101 111011 1 01011 1 11011101 1111101 101 101111 1110101 0100 1100101 111111 01010 11001001 101101 11110101 101101 101 100101 111111 11011111 111111 01010 111101 1111001 111110111 101101 101 100100 1 011011 011100101 110101 01010 0010101 110101 001011101 011101 1010 1111011 1110101 0101 10110111 110111 1010 1111101 1101101 0101001001 1110101 0101 100101 100101 11100111011 101011 1100101 11100110 101010101 10111001 101 1111001 0101001 1101011110 1111101 01010 1110001 0111101 111110101 011001 0100111 0011101 1101100101 0010110 1 101 1011101 0011111 1110101111 11111101 01010 110111 111111 111011111 1011101 101 1110101 1001001 01110101 011101 1101111 111111 1111100101 1110101 0010101 11101011 01010 111011001 10101101 1111101 1101001 101 110011101 0111001 0100111 1100101 1111101001 0110101 01010 1101000 1010101 100100111 0101111 0100010 1111111 1100110111 0110101 0111101 10111 110111111 01011011 1011011 0000100 10011111 1010101 1100111 1110101 0010110101 1111110 110101 0010101 010100101 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 103
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 353
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, to, i, and, you, of, be, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, i, the, why, he, you, climb, that, there, in are repeated.
The author used the same words i, the, that at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Willie's Question;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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