This is an analysis of the poem Kinship that begins with:
IN summer time, with high imaginings
Of proud Crusaders and of Paynim kings, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaaa bbbbb ccXac ddbbd eecce
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101011000 0101010101 0101010101 1111011101 1101010101 1111011001 1101110011 11001010101 1101000101 0101110101 1011010101 1101110001 1001001100 1001001101 1101010101 1011111101 0111111111 1011110101 1101001101 1101010111 1111101101 0101011111 1011000111 1111010101 1111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, , we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word oh is repeated.
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- summary of Kinship;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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