This is an analysis of the poem These Jewels Have Been Misused that begins with:
Sometimes in the back winds that blow...
I can hear my ancestors voices....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeeXff ghbdiicb jjXeXXbiXihXai dXebbcXig
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,14,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001111 111111010 1111011001 111111100110 1110111010101 100111010 11010111111011 1001011 01011101 1 110111011101001 10101011 11010110 11110110101101 11101111011 10111101011001 11101010 10111010 10111011010100 10111111101000 101111111101001 01001110111111 1101110010 1101101101001 10111111000 1010111111 1 1101 1101011010110011 011111 101100110010 110111110 111110001 1010101000111 10 111011100 111110110110 1111111 11010110100 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 393
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines years is repeated).
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- summary of These Jewels Have Been Misused;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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