This is an analysis of the poem The Dray that begins with:
Huge through the darkened street
The Dray comes, rolling an uneven thunder... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece ffff bgXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101 01110101010 011101 01010101010 111101 11001010101 1100101 1101000101 0101001 1100010111 100101 0101010011 111111 0101011001 1010011 1001011101 111100 1111110101 101101 11010101001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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.
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- summary of The Dray;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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