This is an analysis of the poem Washing-Day that begins with:

--- and their voice,
Turning again towards childish treble, pipes... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aab cddefgahbhedediciccajdkgdaeXXdkhlgccabhldcbdcbfaXahchilchXdfXdhckcjdfddbcbeXcmkcekmedk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,86,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111 10010110101 110001 0101110111 01001111101 1001110101 0111010101 0111010111 11011110010 11010010101 1111010101 1101010111 011111101 1111010111 1110111101 1101011101 0111011101 1101110101 10100110101 0011011101 1001011001 0101010101 1001011101 110100101110 01110101110 1101110101 0101010101 0101011101 1001110111 1111011111 1101010001 1101110101 1100011101 1101011100 1001010101 11010101011 1110010101 1101110101 11001011001 1101010101 1111001101 11010100111 01001011111 0101001101 1011110101 0111000101 11110011101 1111010111 1011011001 1101111101 1101011001 1111110100 1101101101 01001101001 1111010111 1111110101 1011010101 0101010101 1101000101 0101110101 1101010101 0110011101 11111111100 1101110111 10010001011 1001010111 1111011101 1101011101 0111110111 11010101010 1111101001 1001011101 1001110100 0101011101 100100101110 11010 1100110111 1001100111 1101010101 01111111011 1111111101 1100011101 0101111101 0101010101 011001101 1101011101 0101010101 11111101010 1101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1925
  • Average number of words per stanza: 337
  • Amount of lines: 89
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, or, he, i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, or are repeated.

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