This is an analysis of the poem On A Sleigh, Padded With Straw that begins with:
On a sleigh, padded with straw,
Barely covered by the fateful mat,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXX Xcbc dXXe XXdb dXea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011001 101010101 00100010001010 11101011 101001011000 1010110010 110101010111 0010101101 111010110 110101101 0111001101 11110101 011111 10001000101 101001101 11101 0110100101 01111100100 01011001 1110001001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; three is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is 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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