This is an analysis of the poem Bastard that begins with:
The very skies wee black with shame,
As near my moment drew;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX db db aeae fbfb eXee eaeX egeg bhbh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,2,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01011101 111101 010100111 111101 11111111 10111 01110101 010101 11111101 110101 11110101 111111 11110111 111111 11110101 010111 01110101 010011 11110101 111101 11011101 110100 11111101 110111 11010101 110101 11000101 11010100 01010101 0101001 110010100 1100101 110010111 010100 11011001 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; i, every are repeated.
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- summary of Bastard;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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