This is an analysis of the poem Under Canvas that begins with:
IN MUSKOKA
Lichens of green and grey on every side; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd dddd efef gXgX dhdh cXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100 10011111001 1111010111 0111010101 1101010111 1101001101 1100010011 1101011111 1111010101 0101111101 1101010111 0111110101 1101010101 0101010101 1111110001 1111011111 1101010001 1101001101 1011101111 1000010101 1001010101 01010101101 0111000101 01011101001 1101100101 1111010101 0100110001 1111001111 0101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of Under Canvas;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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