This is an analysis of the poem The Kite that begins with:
Upon the liquid tide of air
It swayed beside a dappled cloud:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccddddeebbffgg Xghhh hgghXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 01010101 01010101 10111101 010110001 01110101 100101001 010100101 11010111 01010111 0100111011 11011101 10011101 01010111 10010111 11010101 101101110 110001010 110101100 110001110 11110011 110010001 0101011 01010000 10011111 11010101 11010101 111100100 0100001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 349
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, down, send are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Kite;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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