This is an analysis of the poem The Cricket's Song that begins with:

Last night the cricket sang when all was still.
I cannot tell you what he sang about....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cddX edeX fefe cbcb fdfd bggbXddcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011111 1101111101 0101010101 0110110101 1001110101 1011010111 11010010111 1101111101 1100010101 1101010101 1101110011 0101110100 1111001100 1001010111 0001010110 0100111100 1111111111 1001010011 0101011001 1010111111 1110111101 1101010101 1101110101 1101010101 1110010111 1101010011 1111110111 0101000111 0101111101 0111010101 0101000101 0111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Cricket's Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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