This is an analysis of the poem Unsettling Are The Changes that begins with:

Unsettling are the changes,
Of the wind has been....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbbbcdecfgecaXffhdg AacacXehfbXiiha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001010 00110 11010010 1101110 011001 1100010 01001001 11000001 1010001 01101001101 01100110001 0010101 1110010 01010101110 101001 010101001101 0100101 00100001010 010 01001010 010001 01001 0101001 1111101 101001010 010100101 0101100111 001101 11101010 1101110101 1110010101 11001001 00101001 010110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 538
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word unsettling is repeated.

    The author used the same word unsettling at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Unsettling Are The Changes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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