This is an analysis of the poem The Mellow Anger Of His Hair that begins with:

The mellow anger of his hair
Disputes his sleepy girl's face....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXaXcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010001 0101011 01110101 010110100010 01111110100 1001011101 110011011 1111101101010 001101001100 01101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 408
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.

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  • summary of The Mellow Anger Of His Hair;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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