This is an analysis of the poem 08/22/08 that begins with:
Today in 1862
Claude Debussy was born....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXabaccbXbdXXXXXXXdaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101 101011 1010111111110 110011110 10101000110 1010100110 010110010 10010011 01100101 010000010110000 100101010 010100101001 1110001 101000101 1001110100 11011100 1011000100 11010010100111 10010010101 101111 110100010 011001100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 771
- Average number of words per stanza: 128
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.
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- summary of 08/22/08;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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