This is an analysis of the poem The Hired Man that begins with:
He upward looks upon the sea-deep
Liquid of the splendid sky ; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab abbbcc dee X d fb fbgghh ijj i i hc hckkkk cll cXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,3,1,1,2,6,3,1,1,2,6,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101011 1000101 110101011 10100101 01010101 11111101 10010101 01010101 1110111 110100101 01011101 01010110 110100101 10110010 0010101 11101110 11011101 11010001 11010101 10110101 1010111 10011111 01011111 01001101 110010101 1010101 111101010 11011101 010001010 11011101 01110111 111111001 01011111 01010101 11110111 010101101 11010101 11010101 11110100
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Hired Man;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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