This is an analysis of the poem Choriambics I that begins with:
Ah! not now, when desire burns, and the wind calls, and the suns of spring
Light-foot dance in the woods, whisper of life, woo me to wayfaring;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbccddeeXbabffgggg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101011011101001 1110011001110100 111111110110 1011 1110011001110101 1110011011101111 1011111011111101 1001011101110101 1110011101110101 101101 1011110111 11100111011101 11 11101111010110111 1110011011110111 1110011111111101 0111011001101111 0010011111101101 1010111001110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1162
- Average number of words per stanza: 226
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, now, i, to, when are repeated.
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- summary of Choriambics I;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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