This is an analysis of the poem Sitting By The Fire that begins with:
Barren Age and withered World!
Oh! the dying leaves,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDCABEBAFGFEHBH iEHJHkcccifdFEHJH XEHJHXkbkifgFEHJH iEHJHglXlgfbFEHJH XABCDCABEBAFGFEHBH
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,17,17,17,18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101 10101 101001 10101 100101 1011111 10101 10101010 10101 1011101 100101 1110101 10101 101010 10001 10101 10011 1010111 101010 10001 10101 10001 0010101 100111 1011101 10001 1111101 10101 1000101 10101 101010 10001 10101 10001 1010111 101010 10001 10101 10001 10101000 10111 1010101 111001 10101101 100101 1111101 10101 101010 10001 10101 10001 1010011 101010 10001 10101 10001 1010101 10111 1010101 11101 1010101 110001 1111101 10101 101010 10001 10101 10001 1011101 10101 101001 10101 100101 1011111 10101 10101010 10101 1011101 100101 1110101 10101 101010 10001 10101 10011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 423
- Average number of words per stanza: 74
- Amount of lines: 87
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of Sitting By The Fire;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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