This is an analysis of the poem A Carrier Song that begins with:
I.
Since you have waned from us,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcXcdeAeXFGCG X bXgeAedeXFGCG X gXXXhdbdXFGCG X hdcdhdhdXFGCG a cgXgaXXXXFGCG a XXhXXcgcXFGCG X XcXcdhchXFGCG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,1,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 111101 10010 110101 11010 111101 11010 110101 10110 100 001 11110 11111 010010 1 110101 10110 101101 111100 110101 10110 111101 110010 100 001 11110 11111 010010 1 1001100 1101 111100 10110 111101 01110 1011101 10111 100 001 11110 11111 010010 1 111101 11010 111111 11010 111101 110101 1001111 1001101 100 001 11110 11111 010010 1 110101 01010 111100 10110 110101 11000 011101 10100 100 001 11110 11111 010010 1 1100100 01010 010101 10110 100100 10010 110011 00010 100 001 11110 11111 010010 1 100111 10110 101101 10010 1011001 11111 1011010 100111 100 001 11110 11111 010010
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 98
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase heaven connects the lines.
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- summary of A Carrier Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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