This is an analysis of the poem The Bean-Stalk that begins with:
Ho, Giant! This is I!
I have built me a bean-stalk into your sky!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbXcdcebeXfffgXX fhiggiXj kgkgghhcjXXXg bgdlglgXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,16,8,13,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110001 11110110011 100010111 001110001 111111 11101010 1011110 1010101 10111010 00101010 1010001 11101010 00101110 10101010 00111110 111001110 1010111 001010100 10110100 10101010 1110101 10001010 1110001 1011101 10101010 101011100 1011101 1011101 1111101 1110101 11011 111111 011101 1110001 1110 111111 11101110 111011100 011110 101101 11110 0010010 11110 010110 111011 110101 11111 10110110 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 49
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, wind are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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- summary of The Bean-Stalk;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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