This is an analysis of the poem The Cotton Boll that begins with:
While I recline
At ease beneath... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaccdbcddedaeeaadfdfggeeaad efccehfhiieddddcddcjfjfdkfkddaXggikiaaaaeaeededdeieidbdbfdfddada aiikhhaadfffkkallefciiddcddedeeeeffimmiaeeacacnnhcahgcjjddgffllioieelloffXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,64,75,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 1101 0101001 11 1101010101 110101 111101 11011101 1011001 1111010101 110111 110101 1101001 1111110101 1011100101 0111 110101 010011 01110101 011101110110 01110111 1001011101 11100101 0101 1101011111 111101 000101 010111 101 111011 0111010101 11010101 110101 011111 10010001 111101 110011 11010101 1101101101 111111 11010011001 010101 1111110101 0101 0101011101 0110111111 010101 11 00010101 1111011101 010101 101111 110010101 01010101 110111010101 11110101 10110111 1101010101 11011010100 1101011101 0100100001001 011101 1111010111 01010100 100101 1101110001 111101 1111011111 01010101 110011101 110001 11111101001 110111001 0101010101 0101001 111101 1101110111 1111110101 1101010101 0111010101 1111011011 01010010001 11110111001 01010101001 1110110001 110101010010 1111110101 11010111010 1100101101 1101110101 11011100101 1100101 1111010101 00011101 11110101 111101 110101 0100110101 0111 01011010101 101111 11110101 110111011 110101 01111101 11010101 110101 1101011101 01100101 11010101 0011001101 1101001 0011110101 1111010101 01001 10010010101 1100111 110101 1101010101 1101010111 0100111101 11010111 1111111101 0101111101 1101110011 1111010111 011101 11010001 110101001 0111010101 010111010101 11110011 0101010101 0101011101 1011000101 0101010101 0111011101 1101110101 1101110101 11110111 01100101 10001010101 1001010111 1001010001 010100101 011011 0101010101 1101010111 0111110110 1111 1111110010 0111110101 110110100101 111111 0011001101 011101 100101 110101 01010010011 1111010101 1101111101 1010110111 0011010111 1011110101 010010001 11110111001 111101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2018
- Average number of words per stanza: 368
- Amount of lines: 167
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, ye, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, of are repeated.
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- summary of The Cotton Boll;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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