This is an analysis of the poem The Helmet that begins with:
All the way
on the road to Gary ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacddebfg heichjjcji klklckicc KkjcfKmcfmXcijimgkmjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,9,21,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 101010 111 1011 1101 1101 101 11110 11111 01110 10010 0111 01101 1111 010010 101 111 110010 1011 1010 1111 01001 11111 001 101111 1111 1010 11010 0111 101 111 0110 1001 111 101 111 010001 00101 1101 10111 101 01001 01011 110110 010110 010010 10111 0111 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (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; to is repeated.
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- summary of The Helmet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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