This is an analysis of the poem Sweep It To Clean that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabbcad bdcceffg X e XhcXX c XebX X XbdgigX cb Xcaea Xi hhcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,1,1,5,1,4,1,7,2,5,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010 0101000101 111101 0101010 11000101010 01000011 011000100100 111000100001 110 0101011101 10010 11010100110 0110100100101 101010100 101001101100 001010101001110 11110010111 1111101 1 11 111001111 0100010 01010011101 1110 10 100101 0100110 110100111 101 1001 01011 1001 0010111001 111010 101 1111 1 10111011010 100 1101 1001000111000 00110101 11110 1 1111110 11 1111001 11100 0100110010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Sweep It To Clean;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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