This is an analysis of the poem Crossing Nation that begins with:
Under silver wing
San Francisco's towers sprouting...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcXdeXX bXbdXb XedXXX XbXXXeX cbdcbXX bX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,6,7,7,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 10101010 1111 1001100101010 10111001 10100011101010 1010 110110 101010010011 101010100001 10001011110 1100010101101 00101101001 11011000101 1111110 1010010101 1010 101010101010 100101000 100000100000 1111110011 1011111 101101010 11011101011 1001011001 101011011 1001001 101111000101 011111110 1101010010 101011 11011111010 1000110011 1101110 1110010 111101001001 11011110100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Crossing Nation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
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