This is an analysis of the poem The Weaver that begins with:

All day, all day, round the clacking net
The weaver's fingers fly:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaX acacac bbbbbX dbdbdX efefefXeaeaea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111110101 010101 11110111 00100101 010010101 1101111 0100100111 11111101 01001101001 010111 111100101 0100101 10111101111 1101101101 01011101111 01111001 01010110101 1011111 11110101 11001011 1100101101 11001101 011100111 001111011 1010110011 10101101 10111001101 1001101 1110111101 1101101 11110111001 111111 1010010111 10100101 010101001 10100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; away, and are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Weaver;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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