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

No speed of wind or water rushing by
But you have speed far greater. You can climb...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdaeaeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101110101 1111110111 11010100001 11110010101 11010010111 1101111110 1001010101 11110100101 1101110111 1111010101 1001010101 0101011101 1101011000 0101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 575
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, you are repeated.

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

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

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