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

DAWN opes her pensive eyes,
In the yet starry skies,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabba ccdeed ffgffg hhaiia aaagga ffjkkj aahllh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 001101 01001010111 010101 110111 1011010101 011111 110111 1001011101 110111 110101 0101011101 110101 111101 01000101001 110111 1101001 10010010101 100101 010111 0101110111 110101 010001 1101110101 010111 111111 0101010101 110101 011101 0100011101 011111 011101 0101001001 011101 110101 0111011101 111101 011111 1101010101 101101 100101 0100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • 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; her, all, and are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sings is repeated).

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

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