This is an analysis of the poem Growing Attachment that begins with:

With the freshness and placid sensations of morning,
As yet all unconscious of hope or of plan,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca dedeafafghghXiai bibijjjjjkjk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,16,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010110010010 11111001101 111110010010 11111001001 0110111111110 11101001001 111010110010 011001111011 011010111110 11001111011 1111011110010 001111001001 1110111111010 001001011011 110010010010 110011101101 0110101011010 01101001011 010001010110 11011001011 111110110100 11111001011 111110110010 111011101001 11100111010010 11111011111 111110110010 01101011101 1110100111101 11101101011 0111101101101 111011111001 111010111011 11101011001 1010110010011 01111111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 607
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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, that, his, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word with at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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