This is an analysis of the poem The Rendition that begins with:

I HEARD the train's shrill whistle call,
I saw an earnest look beseech,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXccXdeeddccdfaafghhgheehihhi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 11110101 11011111 110111 11110100 11111101 01010111 110101 11010101 110111001 11011011 010101 11011101 110010011 110001101 110001 11110101 11110101 11010101 011011 1111001011 11010101 11000101 010001 110011001 11011101 10110101 110101 10010111 11001111 11111001 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1072
  • Average number of words per stanza: 193
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all, of, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, all are repeated.

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

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