This is an analysis of the poem Brighten’s Sister-In-Law [or The Carrier's Story] that begins with:
AT A POINT where the old road crosses
The river, and turns to the right,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcXcd efefXgcg ehehijij XkXkXjXj bibiXfcf XlXlcmcm XmXmenen jfjfXoXo cfcfjojX efefcjcj afafcpcp XbXbXqrq rXrjebeb XaXaejej bpbpafXf cjajebeb Xfjfjbab ijijjdjd ckckXbXb bhbsrrrr ckckeXej XhrsXjXj efefaomo gfgfXaeaXahaerjrj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101110 01011001 1110011010 1111101 110001010 0100100 1111001010 1011111011 111011010 1110101 111110010 1101101 1001001 1110101 011010010 1110101 111101110 0100101 101011110 0111011 11101110 1011101 001001010 00111101 111110110 11111101 111111010 1101111 111011010 1011111 1111010100 11011001 101101110 1110111 11110010 1110111 11111010 0011101 111111110 00101001 111111110 1111101 10111010 11111011 11001110 1111111 101110010 11101001 111011010 11100101 111111010 1111101 10110010 1101101 111101010 1111101 01001110 001111001 11111110 01010101 1101101 1110101 11110111 1111101 11011110 11110101 01101010 1101111 11001110 1100101 001110010 1011101 11001110 11001001 101101110 101001001 101001010 1101101 11110110 0100101 1111101010 01011001 101101010 1010111 1111010010 1111101 11111110 1101101 0110101 1000101 11110011 0110101 101111110 1101101 1111010110 11101001 11101010 1111111 101001010 11101001 11001010 110111011 111011010 101111101 111011110 1101101 111011110 1101111 11111110 0100101 011111010 0101011 110010110 01011001 1010010100 10101101 1011110010 11011011 11111010 1100111 0010111010 00111001 111001010 0110101 11001010 1111101 111010010 1110111 11011110 111011001 1111011010 1101101 111101110 111101101 0110010 1011101 110010010 111101 001010010 001011001 01011110 11001101 101011010 10100101 1110010 10100111 11111110 1100101 11111010 11001001 01010110 11111101 1010110100 11101001 111011010 1101001 110110010 0101111 11001110 1100100 1111010010 1111101 11001010 11000101 11110010 11001110 101001000 1101101 11011110 10101001 101110110 1101001 101011010 1101001 11001010 1111001 11101010 10101001 110111010 1101111 01011110 1100100 11011011 0111111 110010111 1110001 1110111011 011001001 1111110 10100111 111010010 1101011 11011010 010101 111011010 0111000 10111010 111011110 111111010 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 25
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 200
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, i, to, as, and, s, her, in, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, an, or, but are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Brighten’s Sister-In-Law [or The Carrier's Story];
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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