This is an analysis of the poem Flight Of Stairs that begins with:

Stairs fly as straight as hawks;
Or else in spirals, curve out of curve, pausing...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabcX acXd Xdcba X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,5,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 11010110110 101011101100 11101011 10100011 110010110110 01110 110000101 01010 0101 1001 100011100100 110001010 1110010010110111 110010 10010010 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Flight Of Stairs;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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