This is an analysis of the poem The Lid that begins with:

Whatever place he goes, on land or sea,
under a sky on fire, or a polar sun,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcddeaae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101111111 100111010101 1001010001010 1001011001001 101011010011010 1001011111 101110100100 10010011111 010111001110 010110101011 111010111 11010101011 01011001010 101110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 624
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or is repeated.

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

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