This is an analysis of the poem Power that begins with:
The mighty sound of forests murmuring
In answer to the dread command; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh fbfb igiX bjbj ifif kfif jgjg fXfg klkl bmbm bfbf jbjb ngng bXbf mama gbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0101010100 01000101 01110111 0101 0101010111 010101 00111101 1111 1001110011 110101 10010111 0100 0101000101 00010101 01010111 1100 1101110101 10110101 11111001 0111 0101010111 01010011 11110101 1100 0100011001 1101010101 11110101 0101 1111011001 11111001 11010101 1101 1101110100 11001111 11010001 0101 1110011101 01010101 100110001 1111 1111110001 111101 10111101 1101 11110101010 110101 11010011010 1111 0111110011 010101011 01011111 11101 0111110001 11011101 01110101 1101 0111010101 111101 01110011 1101 1001110101 1001110101 01011111 1101 0111110101 01110111 11010101 0101 1101110001 11011101 11100101 0101 1111011101 11111101 11011100 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; or, and, his, i, know are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, i are repeated.
The author used the same words the, and, because at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Power;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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