This is an analysis of the poem Brother Wind that begins with:
“I thank my god for brother wind,”
So prayed St. Francis long ago...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdaea dcccfgfg cXcX dadaXgaea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 11110101 01010101 11110101 11110101 01011101 11010011 1111101 110111001 11001101 010010111 01010101 11011101 11011111 10011111 11011101 11011101 01010100 11011101 01010001 100101111 11011101 111100111 11010101 11110111 01110101 10110101 10111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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 the is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word wind at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Brother Wind;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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