This is an analysis of the poem Crows that begins with:
THEN, suddenly, I was aware indeed
Of what he said, and was revolving it:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXa cccbdXbXd Xeec fXefeXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1100110101 0111110100 1001110101 1001011010 1101110111 0111011111 0101110001 01111110010 0111010111 0101110111 1101110010 01111111001 101111011101 01011 110001 10010101001 0111111011 1001 1111011111 0110011100 11110011111 1111001101 1111011111 011011110101 1101010100 1001010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; that, eyes are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of Crows;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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