This is an analysis of the poem Purple Martins that begins with:
IF we were such and so, the same as these,
maybe we too would be slingers and sliders,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaba cAD Xeefc efXe XfecfXabAD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,5,4,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101110111 10111010110 100110001010 1001101011001 10011010 11111101 0101011 01101011 11101 010011 111101101 001101010101 1010100101 111 111011 110111010 110101 011011101 100111001 1111111111 11111110101 1100111001 110001101010111 11100110001010 111001101011001 0101011 01101011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1042
- Average number of words per stanza: 195
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 tumbling, be, and, go are repeated.
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- summary of Purple Martins;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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