This is an analysis of the poem The Crescent that begins with:
The sun's boat is broken and drowned in the Nile
But a piece is floating about on the water of the Nile...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bc cd ac Xd XXXba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 01101011001 101010011010001 010111000110 10100101011 1011001100101 11010100101010 1101001011011 01011011111 1101000111001 101101101110 1111011010 0101011110 111011110001010 1101010010001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of The Crescent;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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