This is an analysis of the poem Ownerless that begins with:
He comes when the gullies are wrapped in the gloaming
And limelights are trained on the tops of the gums,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece fgfg hghg hdhd bbbb cici gggg jkjk XkXk abaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111010110010 110011101001 011010010010 01111001001 110110010110 11011101001 111110010010 01101101001 11101010000110 11001101001 111110010010 11101011001 111111110011 110011101001 111110111011 11011101111 110010110010 01101101101 1011011010010 100101101101 011011010010 01011001001 111110011010 11001110001 111010010010 01011001101 011010111010 11011001001 110111110010 01001101101 111110010010 11101011001 110111010010 01011011101 1100111110010 11101001101 111011010110 01101011001 011011011010 11001101011 110110010011 11011011101 110011111010 11011011001 011011011110 01101111101 110111011010 110011011000
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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, to, he, and, that, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
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- summary of Ownerless;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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