This is an analysis of the poem The Giant And The Star that begins with:
Here's the tale my father told,
Walking in the park one night,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaaccddd effeebbggg bhhXXddggg bbbbbffaXa aiiaajjbbb aggaabbbbb aggaaaafff bXXbbbbkkk lmmllbbkkk kmmkkdXnnn fffffXabb XkeekkjjaaaXaffaaddccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,9,22,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101 1000111 1011111 1010111 1010101 0011101 1010111 1011101 1010111 0010101 1011100 1010101 1111111 1010111 1011101 1011111 0110101 0010101 0110101 1010111 1010101 0111111 1110101 11101010 01101110 1000101 1010101 11101101 1111101 1011101 1111111 1011101 0011101 11100111 1010101 1010101 1011101 10111011 101010110 1110111 1110111 1111111 1011101 1010111 1010101 1111111 0111101 1010101 1011101 1101101 1110101 0010101 1110101 1011001 1010111 1010101 1011101 1111001 11011111 1011101 11101111 1110101 11100101 0010101 1000101 1011101 1111101 1010111 1111111 1011111 1010101 1100101 1010001 1011110 1111101 1011111 1111001 1000101 1110001 1010101 0011101 1110001 1010101 1010101 1010101 0110111 10101011 1011101 1011101 11101001 1110011 1101101 1010101 1010101 1111101 1110101 0110100 1011111 0010101 1010101 1110101 1011111 1110101 1011111 1111111 1011110 1110011 1110111 1111101 1011101 1011101 1111111 11100101 1110101 1011101 1110101 1001101 1100101 1111101 1110111 1011101 1010001 1110111 1011101 0011101 1111111 1010011 1011111 1000101 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 130
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; his, for, and, blew are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Giant And The Star;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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