This is an analysis of the poem Catkins that begins with:
Misty are the far-off hills
And misty are the near;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcccaX X XdeeeaaX X ffeecccff X GGggggbbhhddd c XiijadiiiccXXXaiikkkdiiaallXd c aaffaajajii X GGgccmmaaabbbmmcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,8,1,9,1,13,1,29,1,11,1,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 110101 1010101 1011111 1010101 101001 101010 1 0111 1111 11001 101101 111110111 101001 101001 1011010 1 0101 0101 01011101 10110101 111011001 1100100111 11111101 0101 1101 1 1001 1111 110110111 0101 1111 11011111 0101 1101 11010 01110 1101 1100 01011101 1 1010 1111 0101 11010 011011011 100111001 1111 1101 1101 110100100 0110100111 010100100 01010100 110010100 011101111 111100101 1100100101 11111 00101 01011111 11011111 1101 1111 1111 0101 1111 1111 0100101000 010101111 1 1011 1101 11010111 1101 11011111 01010 1111 11110 1001 111100111 110100111 1 1001 1111 110100111 11111111 11110111 1111 1101 1101 1001 01011 00111 101001 101010101 001001 01101 011101111 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 100
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; and, they, word, that, tune, play, her, spring are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, that, our, tune, the are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ears, rose, spring are repeated).
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- summary of Catkins;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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