This is an analysis of the poem Running Out Of Wind that begins with:
Running out of wind,
And......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Aab cdefg Aab ddfdd AabXAgec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,3,5,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 1 1010 110110101 111101100 11010100 101001 010101010 10101 1 1010 01001101001 1011011100 101011 10 11 10101 1 1010 10101 1100010 011000100 01010110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The author used the same word running at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Running Out Of Wind;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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