This is an analysis of the poem News that begins with:
They stir
I cool her in winter...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbcdXebc faX Xgh fgXi defi hfh jajXejei
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,3,3,4,4,3,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 110010 010110 101 1 01111 11010011 110 010111 0101 1011 10100100 1111 101 10100 101010 111 011000100 0010001001 10 01000001 1101010 011110 10 100110 1101001011 01 01011111 10 1101 101100 011101110 0111101 0110 11100100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; like is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word like is repeated.
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- summary of News;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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