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

In the grey and dusty morn,
Dreaming Jane arose,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacdadXefeXghgadad Xhhhgijihfjfbdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011101 10101 1010101 00101 1010101 10101 1010101 00101 1010101 11101 1010101 00101 1110101 10101 1110101 10001 0010101 00101 1010101 11101 1010101 11011 1010111 00101 1000101 10111 1110101 11101 1010101 010111 1010101 011101 1110101 010101 1110111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 474
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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