This is an analysis of the poem Wristwatch that begins with:

Tonight, from all sides, many a cloud becoming chilly
by the grudge of fusillade from a cannon....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaabbccbcXXc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 01011100101010 10101010010 11101110010 11110101010111 100111011110 011101 1101010111010011010 101101101000111 100101101001 101010110010100 1011101111001011 0110011110 101000110111 00100101011011 0100100101110010110101010100110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 459
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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