This is an analysis of the poem Clouds that begins with:
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Dawn. First light tearing ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abc dbe fgf X ee cbX bbgd X Xga bcb bbc X bceb edb XcfXab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,3,3,1,2,3,4,1,3,3,3,1,4,3,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 11110 101100100 1010011 01001101 111010101 10111001 1101011010 0110101011 110110110 1 101111011 110011101 1000101010101 01001010 010100101010001 011110101 111010 01010111010 1101111 1 010101111 01101011 01010110110 011000111 01110111 10101011 11111011 10011 0110101010 1 111100110 1101001 0111110 111011101110 0101100111 01010101 1011011 011101001 11100100010 1111110 1101010010 110101111
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words at, the, they are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Clouds;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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