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

THERE was a late autumn cricket,
And two smoldering mountain sunsets...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXX aXXXXX aXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011010 111001011 100101001 11011010 01100101 1001 00111010 001101100 000100110101 0101010110110111011001101001101110010 0010001101001001111010010110100101100010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 617
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, in are repeated.

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

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