This is an analysis of the poem Winds Blow Those Lows To Go that begins with:

I want to choose my element,
As music....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD EEXce ABCD faafX ABgbe ABCD EEeeXX ABCD EE EG EGG EXG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,5,5,4,6,4,2,2,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100 110 101100 01110101 111100111 10101111 010011 10101 011011 11011100 110 101100 01110101 110110111 01000100100 10111111 011101 00101011 11011100 110 11 0100101010 01000101111 11011100 110 101100 01110101 111100111 10101111 11 1000100 111101 010100010 11011100 110 101100 01110101 111100111 10101111 1111 01 1111 01 01 1111 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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, go are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

    The author used the same words i, winds 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 lows, go are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word go at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Winds Blow Those Lows To Go;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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