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

STANDIN' at de winder,
Feelin' kind o' glum,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXcbcXdXdXefeXXXXaeXeXfffXgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 10111 1000011 10101 101010 10101 111011 10011 11101 10111 111110 10110 111110 11101 111110 01101 101010 10101 111010 10101 101010 100111 111010 10001 101111 10100 101010 11111 101010 11101 111010 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 744
  • Average number of words per stanza: 140
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word call is repeated.

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

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