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

A window to see-
A window to hear-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cdeb ffgf hA ifi Jciif Jijkf ffi lgXmflXmX Ai eaggcf f Akne iif kngXdi anffn Xd iigfj nn kbn AemX ldf AA hg X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,2,3,5,5,3,9,2,6,1,4,3,6,5,2,5,2,3,4,3,2,2,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01001 01001 0110110101 0110010101 1010100 010101 0101110101 00010101001 01010101 00101101 010 01000111 1110001010 1010110101 0010100101 11100 101001 1100001 001010100 001001110 11100 011000101 1010101 1110101101 11011101010001 1010011001001 1110110010101101 1010100111 11111 001101001 10011010101011 1111001001011 11101001101101 1111110 101001001101 110111101 110110 01000111 0100010011111 1 010111 11111 011111 101110101 0011 10100100010 111 01001 101111 010011 010001001001011 1101011010101 101101 11 101 111101 01010010 0110001 1011101 11110111111 110111011001 010101101 1001 1101 01011000110001 01010011 0101110101 0011001 01101101 010010001 011 1110111 11111010010001 111001 1010101110011 001001101 101 11011 000101 0011 1101110 10010001 001011 101 111 0100110 1101001 0101010001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 89
  • 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; window, to, of, from, my, grown are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, from, when, i are repeated.

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

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

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

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