This is an analysis of the poem Becalmed that begins with:
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Would that the winds might only blow... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaabbbb XbbXXcc XAabbddaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11011101 1110010101 1001001011 1101100111 1011100101 1010100101 1 11100111 010100101 10010100101 1011100101 10110111 110110101 1 11011111 011100101 10011101 0010100111 110101101 011010111 11011111 11011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Becalmed;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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