This is an analysis of the poem Awakening that begins with:

With brain o’erworn, with heart a summer clod,
With eye so practised in each form around,— ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaaaaaabababb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0110010101 01110001101 1111010101 1011010111 1111011101 1100111101 01011100101 0101100001 1101111101 0101010111 1101000101 110100001 10010101111 00100110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 638
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, and, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.

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

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