This is an analysis of the poem In The Marble Quarry that begins with:

Beginning to dangle beneath
The wind that blows from the undermined wood, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abb cdX ecX cfX geX fee ech gec XaX dhf hXc XbX dXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001001 0111001011 1101101 0111010 1111011010010 1110010 10111 11000111101 10010010 0111011 11010101010 1101011 11111 1111110010 110100 00111 00010111010010 1101 11110011 10110000111 01011 1001001 1010111010 101111 01001001 1010101101001011 010010 0100110 00100110101001 010111 1110111 01101111111 01001 1101011 101101011001010 10101 11011011 1010001101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word into is repeated.

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

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