This is an analysis of the poem The Teams that begins with:

A cloud of dust on the long white road,
And the teams go creeping on ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cdccd cecce ccXXc fgfXg efeXf cgccgXcbccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010110111 1011101 11100101 1101000111 010101 011100101 1100111 011101101 1010101111 1011101 011110111 1100111 110100111 010100111 0010101 110110101 1100101 111101111 110100101 1100101 101110101 0100101 1110110101 111100101 1110101 1011101111 1100101 1101001001 011100100 1100101 111011111 010101 010100101 110111111 1100111 110100111 1011101 1110101101 010100101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and, of are repeated.

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

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

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

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