This is an analysis of the poem Estuary that begins with:
To Rex Hobcroft
Wind crosshatches shallow water....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbXcde XXbfdbX gbfbecd daXdgc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,7,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0110 11001010 1010011 1011101 010110101 011100111 10110101 01110101 10110001 10110101 100100101 1100100101 011110111 11010011 10110101 100101110 10010101 011100101 101001010 011101110 110101010 11101101 10010001 110101010 01100101 11010101 010101010 110100010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; in is repeated.
The author used the same word over at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Estuary;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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