This is an analysis of the poem The Foundling that begins with:
Snow wraiths circle us
Like washers of the dead,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacbabddd aeXeed aXcdXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 110001 101111 0100 010101 1011111 100101 0101001 11010 10101 01111111 1101 111101 1101 010101 11010101 10011 11001101 1100 1011 10011001101 01010001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Foundling;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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