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

Up in the cave of the wind,
All bent and crabbed with their years,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcBdbebacXcdXeXXAbcB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001 1111010 0101011 1101011 1110101 1010101 1110101 0110101 1110111 1110111 1101101 1101011 1111101 11011100 1111101 01101010 1001001 1011000 0101011 1101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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 is repeated.

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

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

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

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