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

I dreamed that, as I wandered by the way,
Bare Winter suddenly was changed to Spring,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abababcc dedeXeff gagagahh ijijijggXfafafacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110101 11010011001 1101011101 1001010100 0101010111 1001110101 0111010001 110111111001 1111101100 10110100001 01000101101 1101011111 01111111011 1011010011 01010100101 10110100101 1001111101 1101011101 1101011111 1011111101 1110110101 00111110001 1101011101 10110100101 11000101001 111110101001 1101010101 1101010111 1101100101 01110111001 1100110111 1101010101 10101101010 11010010101 101110110010 0101010101 11010100010 0111110111 1100011111 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 356
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, i are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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