This is an analysis of the poem Art that begins with:
1
What precious thing are you making fast...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abaX cbcb dede aXab X efeX XgXg hbhb eaeX X ccff ddaa iiaa aajj aakk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 110111101 011101 1110100111 1101110 1110111100 010111 010101101 101011010 11100100101 0111101 011010101 1101011 1010111101 0101010 1100101111 110101 1 01101001 11110111 1010111 10011110 1010101 110001 110100 1111111 0110111 1111010 0110001 10101010 101111 1010011 10111011 11110010 1 100110100 110111101 0110100101 101010101 101001001001 1111100101 111011101 101010101 1111010111 111010011 110101001 111110101 0011010101 1010010101 01110101101 1111100101 110110101 10101001001 1111011101 1111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; all, its, and, to, you, your, her, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, to 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 Art;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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