This is an analysis of the poem The Treasure that begins with:
UNDER our lead we lie
While the sun and the snow go by, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbba ccaaac ddbbbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111 10110111 1111111 10100111 1111101 0100101 100111 1011101 00111111 1100111 11101101 001101011 101110 001101001 0111111 01101001 0101111 1101101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; lie is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase in connects the lines.
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- summary of The Treasure;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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