This is an analysis of the poem Ashes On The Slide that begins with:
When Jim and Bill and I were boys a many years ago,
How gayly did we use to hail the coming of the snow!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeedd ffaadX ggbbdX bbhhddXaaaadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11111101010001 11001101010001 11110110110111 10011100110001 1110101001110101 11011101110111 11001110111101 111111111010001 10011101110111 111111101111101 11011100110101 11010101011101 01011101110101 11010111010101 11111101111001 01010100110101 011111010100111 110111110111010 11110001100101 01101111010101 01011100010101 01010001011101 11110100101101 110111010101010 11010101100101 01010100110011 11111101111001 101000101010111 11110101011101 110011101010111 110101001010101 11011101110011 10110111111111 010101010101001 11011101100111 11010101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
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; and, to, his, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, that are repeated.
The poet repeated the same words ', slide at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Ashes On The Slide;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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