This is an analysis of the poem Fresh Air that begins with:
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At the Poem Society a black-haired man stands up to say...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a abcXXdeecfgfhbffehXgXhciajidgfXhchekjeiXjb X jhhgal gcffff gbejfeffgbg jgac X chka idm fgf bn ccjdi e X mehehnlXlglbXjXlldgl X hm bm hnnhXagb a a miggblgXbfdjjclXjcggjmmgiicfgk e e X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,42,1,6,6,11,4,1,4,3,3,2,5,1,1,20,1,2,2,8,1,1,30,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1010010001111101 11110111010110110 10110110101010110 101111001110110101011100 011010101001001 1101001011010 110111101101010 011011110011010 0101001101101011 011111101011011 0111111 1011110101001010 0101111010100100100 11101110010 111101011011101101010 110110110 10010100011010111 010111011111100010 11111111111010 111101010011 10110101010010110 11100110100100100 10010101111011101 100101111001110 111111101100101 10100100001011011101 10011010100101110 1011111010110 10000101010101010111 101010101101101 1001101011011010011000 1100101010110110 11101001011110 101011011000100100 111001101010110 101010100101000100 101010101001010 111001001001110010 111101010111010 1111011001000 111101100111 111100010000111 1 10010101 101101111111100 010010001011010 1010101000101001 1101001000001 0101110010001 11011001111111 100101001000101001000010100 01000110111101010010011 1001001110101110010011101011 10101000110011011011 1001100001011 111100010011100010010110100 01111100010100111001101011 1110101000110011011110 01110011010110110110 111111100111 11111110010010 0110001110011111011111110 01110011001101001101 01100010100110100101 1110100111010111101101 110100011110110010 01110110011110010001 001110110110001010 101100011000101001 1110101001111110101 1 10001001010100110 010100101110010 101001111011010101010 110001011011011000011111101110010001 1101111110010 101001111101010010010 11010100101 001110011011 1110101101000100 0111111100100101 10010100111 100010010101001 01010011010100 1001010100 111001011011010 010110100011010 1001001110010 111010010001010 1 01011110001 101011110010 00101100110100 01110110010 0110100100100 10101011101 10101011001011 10100101010 101001010101 0010111110010 11001110101 1101100100101 1100010010010 101110010101 1010110010100 11011010101 101011001011 001001011100010 111010010010 001001011011 1 1101100101010100 011010101111 1111101101111110 111111111101 010111010111011110010 1001010101100111101 1001001010001110101001 11111001001101010011111100 10101111010110110 1111011111010101 1100110111001101010 110010110101 111101010001100101110111001 11111111 111010111100111101010101 1111100101110010 01001110101 110001110101010 0111110111111111101 100010101111 1110100111110110111101101 1101100111110111100110111 1111111011101000111111101011101001 10010111001011110010 1101001101101111100100111111001 110111111001010001010111011010001 11110100010111011010110010010010010011 1001010100111111010111 11011010111011011010010110101001001 01010010111111001111111 111010111111111100010011111101010101011010 111101101111010011110111011010000010111101111110111100101 10101101110111111110111110101010011011110101110101011 111001011110111010001011000110100100 10101011110010100100111011011111100111111 1111100111101111111111100001 1111101110011111111111111 111110111110101101001 1110111001110110011110 1101111100101001011010110 1110111111101111111111 110111100100111111101011111011010011110110 010111110101001001110100111001010100011110100100010111010110010001111 110101111111111000111011110001001111101000010101010110101110111 0110101011001010110101 1101110011 11000101001011011001110111101
- Amount of stanzas: 26
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 451
- Average number of words per stanza: 82
- Amount of lines: 163
- Average number of symbols per line: 72 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
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; you, and, he, his, once, have, this, of, time, our, baleful, influence, they, in, to, be, one, nor, air, little, them, what, wind, eyes, there, zeus, s, i, states, it, my, lesson, first, look, hand, she, goodbye, poetry, farewell, stale are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, once, or, nor, give, but, oh, goodbye are repeated.
The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them, time, air are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases states, air connect the lines.
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- summary of Fresh Air;
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