This is an analysis of the poem Waking that begins with:

Darkness had stretched its colour,
Deep blue across the pane:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacbcdb eaeafaffa gagahdhid Xcjcgbgib ejejiiiXiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 110101 1101110 1100101 11011101 11101010 1010001 010001111 1111010 10010010 010101 0111010 101101 1011111 01110101 010010111 11100101 01010011 10101010 101111 01110110 110101 101110101 001101 11011111 10110101 00110001 1110111000 11001011 110110010 10111001 0110100100 1111111110 11001011001 111101101 0111010 11111010 111011 111110010 1011001 001010111001 110011110 11010001 010100111 101100111 1101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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 word no is repeated.

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  • summary of Waking;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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