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

If I'd got to choose alone
One of all the freights I've known -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcccd eeaabbaadd Ffbbggccaabbffff aaaabbddff hhggbbcXfF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,16,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110101 1010111 1111111 1011101 1010111 1010111 1011101 11111110 0110101 1111101 1010111 1010111 1011101 1011111 1011101 10011101 1010101 11111100 1010101 0011101 0011101 0011101 1010101 10100101 1010111 1110101 1011101 1011100 10100101 1111101 1111101 1110111 1010111 1011101 1110001 1111111 1010101 1010111 1001101 10100111 1111111 1110100 1010001 0011101 1010111 1010101 1010101 1010101 1011111 0010101 1011101 1011001 0111101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, all are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word be at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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