This is an analysis of the poem Duet that begins with:
1. Is it the wind of the dawn that I hear
in the pine overhead?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXababacDbaXaXdXdcD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001001111 001101 111010011010 01001 1010110100 1001001 110100100 1001001 1110100110 1001001 1111111100 1101111 111110111 11101001 11101001101 110110 1111100111 1001001 110100110 1001001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 758
- Average number of words per stanza: 155
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- 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; of, let, us, it are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Duet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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