This is an analysis of the poem Georgia Dusk that begins with:

The sky, lazily disdaining to pursue
The setting sun, too indolent to hold...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbX cddc effe faaX egge cggcXcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01100010001 0101110001 0101001101 1001011101 0101111101 1101110001 0111111101 0101011011 0111010111 1101010111 11001011101 1101000101 1000100111 111101101 1101111101 0101010100 1101010001 1100011101 1111010101 1101010001 1101011101 1011011101 1101010001 0100010001 1101001111 0101010001 1101011101 10101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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 are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Georgia Dusk;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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