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

Out here on Cottage Grove it matters. The galloping
Wind balks at its shadow. The carriages ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadbebbX fbbgXhdXXiaa ecdbjgdajdhaddkgbl gdegdmdndomakbfhndbhahdilXmbef dcgbnkokXmXgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,12,18,30,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010100100 1110110100 11101001011 00010010 01000101 01011010 010010010110 1010101011 0101010101 0101110100101010010 000010011 1011101111001 1000010100101101010 1000100101010 10100101111 11010100101010 101001100111 010100011100 010111010110 010110110001111 10101111100 1010101111100 10100010001001 101011010001 011001000010110 101001100010001 1111010111010011 1100110110010010 110100011110010 010101100100010 1001111101110111 01111001010011 0101101011 01101010010 010010101111 10110000001010 11111 0111000010101 010010000010 01101111001 01100001010 00101010010011010 1010101110101011 101101101010 0101010100110 110100101 110100101011010010 0101110110110 0010111001010010 111101010001 011010101001 1001111101010 001001010001110001 010101001011001001 11001000101010100 111110001011 1001010101010 01010011010100 100111011010100 110110011111101110 01011110010101 1110010111 0011001100010 111010011010100 101011001010001101 1000100100010 11001110001010100011 101000010011101 1001101001011 11101111110 0010100011 110101011010 10001001101 010010010100101 0101101010101010 0100011001 01011111 00111101100 1110010100100100 0111110001 111101010011000 1010101001001 0111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 862
  • Average number of words per stanza: 148
  • Amount of lines: 83
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, on, as, in, to, be are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines circling is repeated).

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

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