This is an analysis of the poem Once An Oasis that begins with:
Once an oasis flourishing to bloom,
In the midst of thorns....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcdb cacddcd efgeee bcfgaaXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,6,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101010001 00101 11001010011 001010010 11101000001 110101001100011 11011101010 1101001011010 000100001 01010101 1010010001110 100 0011010001010001 00101 011100100 00101011101 10111 1001010101101 1100001011001001 11010001010 1100101010101 0110001010100100 10101001001 0101111011 1110100001011 110101101 100101 1101100111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Once An Oasis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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