This is an analysis of the poem Song that begins with:
I am wearing away like the snow in the sun,
I am wearing away from the pain in my heart;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece Xdbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111001101001 111001001011 11111111101 11011011011 11111011001 01101011000 11011111001 01111111011 11001001011 101011011001 01111111101 11001101111 11011111010 01011011000 11101111101 11011011011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; how, my, i, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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