This is an analysis of the poem Wingfoot Lake that begins with:

On her 36th birthday, Thomas had shown her
her first swimming pool. It had been...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcdXb efgggegh aefebhbc chXaideXXgaifbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,8,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110110 01101010 0100100101 11000101110 00010010100 1111010 1110111 101010110 100011010011 110011110 101001001 1100101 1011011001111 11111011 110011001 101010110010 11001101 11101001 1101101110 010010101 10111101 0110100 1110 10101010 1011001001 101101100 011101 001111001 11011010 0010111 0110101 011110 101110001 111111111 110101001001 10010010011 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • 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; her is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines same is repeated).

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

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

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