This is an analysis of the poem The Sisters that begins with:
ANNIE and Rhoda, sisters twain,
Woke in the night to the sound of rain,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc bX aa dd ee fX dd gX hh dX iX hh jj gX dd iX cc aa ff kk ii cc kX hh aa aa bb cc hX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110101 100100101 01010111 011100101 101100111 111000111 11101101 10110101 110110101 110011101 11100111 10101001 100011111 111101111 1100100101 010110111 111011111 100110101 11111101 1010010101 1010010101 1001001011 1010101101 111100100 100100101 111111111 1011100111 110011111 110101101 110011111 1101101 1010010101 110100101 111101111 1101110111 0110100111 1100110101 1010010101 011110101 11010111 010100101 011100101 10110101 11011101 111101101 111100101 11110011 101101101 10011111 10101111 111110101 100100111 111011111 1111110101 1011101 011100111 11010111 111101101 111101101 111101101 111100111 10101101
- Amount of stanzas: 31
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, voice are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Sisters;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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