This is an analysis of the poem Shut-Ins that begins with:
We're gittin' so we need again
To see the sproutin' seed again....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbccdb eeXfggaf bbXchhac iibhddih aabjaacj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011101 01010101 10111101 011101 11110111 11011101 11011101 010001 01010011 11110101 01110111 110111 01001101 11110111 01110101 010101 10111101 11010011 11011100 110111 11011101 11010101 11011101 1100111 11110001 11010111 11011101 110111 10011101 01110111 01000111 1011001 01011101 01011101 11010101 110101 11111101 10010101 11110011 0101001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; we've, our, an' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we've, our, an' are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines again is repeated).
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- summary of Shut-Ins;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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