This is an analysis of the poem Open Water! that begins with:
Open water, open water!
All the weary winter's yearning...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abbcc Adddd AXaee AbbffXAaabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 10101010 10101010 10101010 101011010 10101010 10111010 10101010 111011000 10101110 10101010 11001000 10101010 10111010 11111010 10101010 10101010 10111110 10101110 10101010 10101010 100111010 10101010 10101010 10111010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of Open Water!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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