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

Looking from outside into an open window one never sees as much as when one looks through a closed window. There is nothing more profound, more...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X X X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 100110011010110111111110110101010110100110101001100101010101010111110011011110001111010101011110011111110 010100111101011001010110010101010111011100101101010100010111111010101101010111001111 0010111111110111 111011011101100110111 011011011111000101001110101010001111111011101011111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 219 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 42
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, more, to, have, her, one, in, as, out, life, window, of are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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