This is an analysis of the poem Fresh Air Missed that begins with:
The hold of self defeating leaves,
When one decides a routine should go....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXX XXa bbXX bXbab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 01010101 110100111 00100111011 11001001001 0101 111010111 01111 01011011 1100010 11 111 01001 111 0101 001001000
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.
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- summary of Fresh Air Missed;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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