This is an analysis of the poem Opening The Window that begins with:
THUS I lift the sash, so long
Shut against the flight of song;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd ddee ffgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111 1010101 1111101 1110111 1110111 1011101 1010101 10101001 1110101 1111101 1110101 1010101 1011111 0011101 111111 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; they is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words some, shall, go are repeated.
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- summary of Opening The Window;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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