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

Migrations are always difficult:
ask any drought, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbcd cXXXabX eedfeefbbX geaaXXgXXgaaXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,10,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111100 1101 101 1011 1010001 01101010 111001 100011 101010101 11001100100 11011001111 1100111 010100 10001010 001111 10110111 101101 01010001 11101 110011 0110111101 01110 1001 100001 1110 1010111010110 100010101 110011101 1100101 11010011 10101 1110 1110000 11111 01010110 1111111101 110010010100 00110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

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

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

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

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