This is an analysis of the poem Crane that begins with:

I KNOW you, Crane:
I, too, have waited,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabb cXdecX ffadX egbgc HdXXfXcHh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,5,5,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1111 11110 100111 1001010111 100010101 10 10 10111 0101010101 011111 0101 11001000101 1101110111 11010111010 1101011101 011 1101010111 101101101 01001100111 1011001111 1101010111 01010101010 1111111101 01001111101 0101011011 1001010101 0111100101 1101010111 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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; he, they, where, his, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, his are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines fox is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase waited connects the lines.

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  • summary of Crane;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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