This is an analysis of the poem Alone that begins with:

Wind blew, light drew them all.
New songs revive their mornings....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc bcab deXb ceXd eXbb eXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 1101110 101111010 1001001 0110101 0100101 1010111110 0110101 1001001 1100101 00101011011 1101101 0100101 111101 110011110 1011111 101111 0101101 100011010 11111101 0111001 010111 01111010 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; my is repeated.

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

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