This is an analysis of the poem A Wraith In The Mist. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth) that begins with:

On the green little isle of Inchkenneth,
Who is it that walks by the shore,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba bcXc XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010100 10011101 110010110 11001111 010010010 101111101 100010100 10011001 110010010 010011011 1110110100 111011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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  • summary of A Wraith In The Mist. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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