This is an analysis of the poem The Knitters that begins with:

IN companies or lone
They bend their heads, their hands...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdeBXcadfbghhfbbaedbdeiBfX eAea dgXX ijaj XkikXiaeA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010011 111111 110011 010001 110101 110101 110111 1110101 111101 111111 111001 111101 110111 111101 010101 011101 101101 010111 111111 110101 110111 010101 100111 110101 110101 011010 110111 01 11110 1010111 100101 111110011 1011111 11110110 1111011 1111110 1101010 01011110 011011 1010011111 00110101 110011010 11101001 1001010 1111111 0110110 110011 1010111 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their is repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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