This is an analysis of the poem Loam that begins with:
In the loam we sleep,
In the cool moist loam, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXb cabdX cdcaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Metre: 00111 00111 0010011 10101 0011 0111 11 01011 01110 111 00101 100010001 1011001 01
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
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- summary of Loam;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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