This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of A Man Who Has Come Through that begins with:

Not I, not I, but the wind that blows through me!
A fine wind is blowing the new direction of Time.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdddXX XdX Xcb Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11111011111 0110100101001 010110111010100101 01011100101100011 0101100111111111 1011111011010001 101110010011010 010111111011001 10101001111101011101000 110101100011 11000100011 1111011010 10010 10010101001 011010111 110001110 010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, i, if, only, and, of, fine are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Song Of A Man Who Has Come Through;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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