This is an analysis of the poem The Wind-Up Doll that begins with:

More than this, yes
more than this one can stay silent....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cXcbdXe afXXaXX aX bbgce Xadg ecccc highjcXXckXk abblijc eaeXafell
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,7,2,5,4,5,12,7,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 11011110 0011 11001 1111110 1011000101 101001 101010101 101010101 111101 0101011 110100010 01100011 101001 010011000101 00101 111100 10111 1111 00111101 11 00110101 11001010011 00101010101 011111 0100101101 111010001 110101 101100 111110011110 10001000110 01101011110 01111 10110101101001 111100101 1111110101 1110010001 11101000101 11010110 101001011010 111011011 0110010 1100100111 11110110110 0111101000100100 1010001 111101011 0011011101 0100110100101010100 111001001001 111010011011 11010111 111010101 1111001110 010101 010111 1100101 111011 111101 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; at, with, one, can, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words more, at, with, one are repeated.

    The author used the same words one, with at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Wind-Up Doll;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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