This is an analysis of the poem 1647 that begins with:

They were burned.
Long before the Salem ones....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddXXXdXbbbaebbbbbffXeXb c bbeXcXXXec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 1010101 0100100 011 0110101 11010 101 101101 1111010 11101 111001 1010111101 110101 1101 00100100100 1011101 10100100101 1010010100 11001 01011 0101 010010111 1010111 11 10010 0110110 1 110110010110 01000110101001 1001110101010 01001101010000101 0100011010001000100 111101111011111 110110100 11 1101100110101001100101010001001101010100101110100011110111101010000110001010101110100110100110101001101011011001001001101100000010011100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 416
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of 1647;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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