This is an analysis of the poem Cumulatives that begins with:
Storms have beaten on this point of land
And ships gone to wreck here ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccc XXbbc aXdXXXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010101 111011 101010100 0110111 1110 1110101001110 10101101010 11011101101 111011111 010011 010101010101010 01101111011100 110 110011010011 1111111101 10 1110101010101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a are repeated.
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- summary of Cumulatives;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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