This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Drowning that begins with:
is it or is it not
the cold monsoon ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdefX f dga hdi hii Xjb iah hhh hhb X hba agd kaj bkk kaf hhh lda X hgb mkamXen XgX ino iha baf abXba X mid kib bok mcl hdd ahb ogh bdb bal gaXXjeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,3,7,3,3,3,3,5,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001001 0101 1001 0111 1000100 01001 100 1 0011 001 00101001 1011 110 10101 1111 01001 0101001 11011 0110 11 0111 1 010 01001 01 010 11001 10111 001 1 0110 01001 1111 0010 10 101101 10110001 111 11 01111 01 1111 0011 10101 00101 11 0101 11 10101 01010 001 1 111101 010 111111 01 1 010 10 10 1010 1 011010 010 00100101 0010 110101 11 0101 1100101 110 1010010 1011 01 1101 110101 10010 10001 101 1 0010101 111 01001 11001 1010 010101 1010 001 0100 10101 01 101 11001 10110 11 10111 101001 01 01 000010 1101 101001 010001 011010 110 1010100 111 01010 0001 110 010 00100 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 37
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 51
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 113
- Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Ode To Drowning;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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