This is an analysis of the poem Funnel that begins with:

The family story tells, and it was told true,
of my great-grandfather who begat eight ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcecfcfgbgddhififjfjkckcaeXelblXehihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010010110111 0111101011 1010111111 10101100100001 111010101 1011101100010 11011011001 011100111 01001011010001 111111101 11111100111 0001100111 11010011101 0010110111 110111100101 1111111001 110101 1011110111 01001011101 01000100100101 1101110101 1110101101 10011100101 111010100101 01001011011 111010101111 1110111101 11101010101 001010010101 01010100111 01101100101 0110101101011 10110001011 01111101010 101111101 1100100101110 11011101110 01010 1011110111 01001011101 01000100110100 010110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1915
  • Average number of words per stanza: 338
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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  • summary of Funnel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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