This is an analysis of the poem A Grain Of Sand that begins with:
Do you see this grain of sand
Lying loosely in my hand?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbcc ddeeaaff aaggbbcc ddXXaaee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 1010011 1110101 1010101 1110111 10100101 1110101 1010101 1110100 011111 1001111 1110111 1100101 1110101 0011101 1110101 1010101 0010111 1011101 10010101 1010111 1010101 1111001 1011101 0010101 1110101 1111101 1111101 1001111 1010101 1010101 1010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of A Grain Of Sand;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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