This is an analysis of the poem Rainless that begins with:
The locust builds its are of sound
And tops it with a spire;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXab cXcb dddd ecec XbXb deXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 110001 01111001 0101110 01111111 1001110 11011101 1101010 01110111 1111010 11011101 0111010 11011111 0111110 01011111 1101110 01010100 0101010 11110101 1101010 010010101 1101010 11011101 0101110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Rainless;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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