This is an analysis of the poem The Spinner that begins with:
Oh, what was it he meant
By his question as he went?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXX ccddeeXdddddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 1010111 111001 10010101 011010 111 111101 1110101 101111 1110100 1111001 1011 111111 1101101 111111 0111101 111010 111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of The Spinner;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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