This is an analysis of the poem The Opening Run that begins with:

The rain-sodden grass in the ditches is dying,
The berries are red to the crest of the thorn ; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacadXdXeXeXdfdfbbbbgbgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011010010010 01011001001 10111011110 01011001001 111110010010 111011011101 1110111011010 111011101101 011010110010 11011001110 00101101111110 01001101001 011011011010 111111111111 010110011010 110001101001 011111011010 01111001101 010110011010 01101101001 1011011011011 1101101011011 1010111011001 11001011001 011011011110 01011001101 111111011010 01101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1447
  • Average number of words per stanza: 275
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ow, too, as, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, you are repeated.

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  • summary of The Opening Run;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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