This is an analysis of the poem Out, Out that begins with:

The buzz-saw snarled and rattled in the yard
And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcbaadacXdXbefagaeXhbgXXcXbbbhf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01110110001 1111111101 11011011010 1011110111 11010101010 1001110001 1011011010110 1011110101 1101011111 1001111111 010111010110 1011111101 01010100010 010100011101 1001111101 1110111101 111100111001 1001010101 0111110101 11101010101 1001111001 0101010111 1111010111 1001110111 111110111111 010111111100 110111010 01011001010 1111011001 1101010111 1101110101 1011011100 1101111111 0101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1567
  • Average number of words per stanza: 301
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, hand, him, his are repeated.

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

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