This is an analysis of the poem The Deluge that begins with:
Though giant rains put out the sun,
Here stand I for a sign. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXaXbab cdddXbcb ebXbXeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 111101 11010101 110101 100100111 100101 11010101 111101 11010101 100101 10010101 110101 10100101 110101 10010101 100101 10011101 111101 1111010 0010001 101001011 010111 01111111 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words drink, i are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word god at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Deluge;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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