This is an analysis of the poem Alf’s Tenth Bit that begins with:
WIND
Scarce and thin, scarce and thin...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abcbccdb eXeeaadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 111111 010001 1011011 100101 10010111 1001010101 10110100 11101011 10111011 11011000 110111101 110101011 010011101 11100101 01001010 010100110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 17
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word over is repeated.
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- summary of Alf’s Tenth Bit;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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