This is an analysis of the poem Castaway that begins with:
Castaway,
From shades of yesterday....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccbcX ddcXebc dfcbbb gXhchiiXde egfcXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,6,10,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 010101 11111 10001 110111 1010001 0101 0100100 1 1010101 1001 01010 0010001 11010 11010001 1 11101 010111 10101010 10001010 11101 010101 11010 1101 11101 111 101010 10101010 010 100101 1111101 01 110101 101001 10000100 01001 010010011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of Castaway;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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