This is an analysis of the poem With The Crickets Gone that begins with:

Crickets make
The night sounds sweeter....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCCDDAEFGFHIH ABCCDDAEFGFHIHXIHIHIHIHIhIHIHIH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,31,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 01110 01001 1100 1111 0111 01110 1101110 11011 0011001 11 11111011 00101 111101 101 01110 01001 1100 1111 0111 01110 1101110 11011 0011001 11 11111011 00101 111101 00101 11111011 00101 111101 00101 11111011 00101 111101 00101 1110101 00101 11111011 00101 111101 00101 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 372
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • 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 where is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of With The Crickets Gone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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