This is an analysis of the poem The Turbine that begins with:

To W. S. M.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbXbcdebfdgfhiijklfmdh nohafkldclenoXb XhoXgnkml pibkXonhodpihdddbnh nqXdhhXiXhdllmi hmdcblXhjelqhXdnlfollimn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,22,15,9,19,15,24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010011 1101110101 1101110101 1011010100 0101111101 0101010101 0101110111 1011011101 1101111111 0111010101 1111010001 0111010001 01010101100 1111011011 010010101010 01010111010 0101000101 1101010101 11110011101 100010111010 01001010111 1101110011 010101010101 01110111 0011111101 1101110011 1111001101 1101101100 110111001001 1101001111 10010101001 1101110101 1111010111 1111110001 0110010101 1001011101 0101011101 1101010101 1111110100 1111010101 1101010111 010101001010 1111110111 01001010101 1001010001 1101010111 1101 111101 11110110010 10001111010 11110110001 10010110100 1001011111 100011001101 111111110 01001110101 1001011101 1111010101 01010100100 0011000101 11110111010 10010011100 0110110101 1101011101 11001001101 010001 1111 1011010101 0101110111 0101000111 0101010101 0101110001 11010011011 10011101010 0101010001 1100110100 0101010111 1111010101 0111001001 10110011111 0100010 111 0101100101 0101011101 01010100111 1001010101 1110001101 1101010100 1101111011 1101111011 0111001101 1101011001 1001110101 1001 10111010 0101010111 11110101011 01010100100 10010111011 1100011001 11111100100 11011111010 1101111111 1001011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 548
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 105
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; her, my, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words is, the, this are repeated.

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  • summary of The Turbine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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