This is an analysis of the poem Clouds that begins with:
Clouds in the skies above, heavenly wanderers,
Long strings of snowy pearls stretched over azure plains!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbXbXcbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101100100 110101110101 111111101101 1011111001000 111101101010 111101101100 100000110101 1101001100100 1101101100100 101111101100 101111110100 111111111100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 590
- Average number of words per stanza: 94
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; you, no are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Clouds;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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