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

Like a blind spinner in the sun,
I tread my days;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dadaXX efefgg hihieX jgjggg aeaekk fgfgaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110001 1111 11110101 0101 11110101 11011111 11110111 0111 11011111 1101 11011111 11111111 01011111 1101 11111101 1111 11111101 01011111 11111111 1111 01110001 1111 11011001 11110110 11010111 0111 11011111 1111 01011111 11111011 11000111 0101 01010101 1101 11111111 11111100 11010111 0111 11010101 1101 11110001 111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • 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; i, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words i, but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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