This is an analysis of the poem Shifting To Drift Like Swift Winds that begins with:
That which remains to sustain limelight,
Becomes less bright over a time......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbXc bXcba bdad Xbeaebc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110100111 01111001 01010010001 110101 111110010 01010011101 10101 11100000100 01110011 1111011110 110110100100 1001001011101010 00111111 101101001 1111011001 1001000101001 011001000100110 111101111 001100100010001 11101 10100101101 00100001010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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, as are repeated.
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- summary of Shifting To Drift Like Swift Winds;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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