This is an analysis of the poem Combustion that begins with:
Born to do the bidding,
Of the Earth until it stops....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCB DDCD ABCB dcbcXeef DDCDffg fffffgh FFh FFb FFbXfFb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,8,7,7,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010 0010101 1000100 010101 1001010 00100100 10101110 111011 101010 0010101 1000100 010101 1001001 101001 01010101 010101 110010 110111101 10 000101 1001010 00100100 10101110 111011 101 101 1010111 11000100010 101 01100001 111010 001 00100101 0100101010 00010 001 001010110 00010 001 011101 00010 001 1011110 00010 001 000101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
The author used the same word its at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Combustion;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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