This is an analysis of the poem The Present that begins with:
The day comes slowly in the railyard
behind the ice factory. It broods on ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXabcdecfghfaiigejakiffii iifiaclXichflcaacachcmfiX ffmcicifahXfehcindlfoe lefbiopfioejnfakbie focnhileopoaflXXfhghedfcXkXbeffnn
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,25,22,19,33,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 011100010 0101100011 11010010011 111101001 0101101001 11010110010 010110101 110101011 01111101 01010011011 1110001001 1010010001 111100111 11000101 110111010 10101001101 011101111 011101111 10101000011 1010101001 011101011 010101011 10111011 00100101101 10101101 10010110 1010010010 0111101010 010100010101 1110101001 0111110100 1011111001 010011010101 1001100010 1110011001 11011101 101010101 1101010111 10111101 0101101010 10110111 01010010010 10110101001 011001110 1010111101 010111101 111010111 10110101 001111111 0011000111 1010101001 11101011 001101111 1001011011 110101011 11001001111 0111001010 11000111 11111111 100100100010 00011010101 10110101 10010101 110001101001 101101101 011101101 0010001110 111100110 101011110 010110011 11111001010 011011011 100111111 11001110010 1011111110 111110101 1110100111 111111110 11011011 0111010110 0111101111 1001111111 111111011 1011011110 010110010 1011110101 0011001110 01110111001 0101110111 1101101011 00010110101 011110101 011001110110 1010100001 01100101100 0100101001 111001110 011110011 01111101100 110100010110 1010111111 0010011110 101101100011 011011110010 1010101010 01010101010 010101010010 1011011110 10101101101 010111011 00011011011 1101011011 1110010101 11011000011 1011110101 11111111 010100101 001011110 010111111 1001001101 111000111 00100101 011101111 10111111 10001001010 1010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 561
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 130
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, each, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words each, he are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Present;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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