This is an analysis of the poem The Tempest that begins with:
The sails in shreds, the helm all smashed, the roar
Of waves through blasting storm, and fearful cries ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabX abXc adXXcbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0101011101 0111011101 1111010111 1101011111 0100010101 011100101110 101011101 1111110101 1111111111 0100010111 0101011101 0100110101 0101101101 0111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on is repeated.
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- summary of The Tempest;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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