This is an analysis of the poem A Long Bough that begins with:
A bough sank down on a fence, and fell asleep –
so shall I sleep....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbcX Xadc XXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111011101 1111 0111011111 11111 0111001001010 10101 1101011101 10001 1001001 11011 1100101010 11101 0101001101 11011 110111110 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and, no are repeated.
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- summary of A Long Bough;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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