This is an analysis of the poem Open Up The Window that begins with:

Open up the window,
To realize how high the sky....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbabAcc DCDCX EAFGHEAFGH HABAFAFAXi HABAFAFaiXgEAFGHEAFGH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,10,10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 01011101 101110 011011101 101010 1010101 10010101 111011101 010010101 111011101 010010101 10111011 11 101010 11 11 11011101 1111 101010 11 11 11011101 1101011110101 10010 110101101101 101010 111 01100010 11 01100010 01 1111101 1101011110101 10010 110101101101 101010 111 01100010 11 1011010 11110101001 11010111101 11 101010 11 11 11011101 1111 101010 11 11 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; touch, look are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words touch, look are repeated.

    The author used the same words you, get at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word enough at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Open Up The Window;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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