This is an analysis of the poem The Tram (In The Midlands) that begins with:
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A grinding swerve, a hissing spurt,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaacXcdbbeefgfghhiiii ffddeeeiaXgegebb eejjggkk Xififbbllfccf iiiiggggXXddXgddggddbmgbmdgnnoXkkennXfennppoobb Xilli dgXgeXdndnXgeebbdgdgoffodbdbooeeheehbbbbgXamccggffbbeiddlklkbbffdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,16,8,13,47,5,66,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 01010101 11010101 01110101 01010101 110010101 110101010 11000111 010111010 11010101 11010100 11010111 110100101 0010111 00100001 1011001 11010101 01111101 111101001 01000101 010100101 110010101 101000101 1011101 11010110 10111101 10111111 01010101 11010111 01010101 11011011 01111111 01011100 110111010 11011111 101101010 01010101 110100101 11000101 11010101 01110101 01011101 11010101 11010100 101010101 11010111 11011101 1 111111 11101110 100101 11111110 1011101 10100101 1010111 01011101 11110101 1010101 1011001 1010101 11010101 11000101 11010101 011000011 110111010 100101010 100111010 1111001010 11010110 01011101 11010101 110000111 11001001010 010111010 01010101 1110101 111101010 010101010 11011001 1011101 11010101 100010010 111101010 1011111 0111010010 11011001 010001110 100101110 011111010 110101111 11110101 01010101 1110101 010111011 00111110 110101110 0010100 10101010 0010001110 1101001010 011110010 11011111 01010001 11100101 1010101 11111111 11111111 1 010010110 11010101 010011111 011101010 1011010001 100111010 110101100 110111010 101010101 11011001 01110111 010111010 010010101 110100010 1101001110 110101110 11010101 01011111 01110111 01010111 01011101 110011001 11111111 110001001 101101111 0101001010 111101110 11001111 1110101111 101110101 11010100 11111111 01110111 11010111 11010001 10010011 01110101 100100101 11001100 10010101 111101110 01111011 01011011 010011110 101100010 110101010 10010111 11010100 11111111 00010111 110101001 1111011 010100110 010101010 1010111 010101001 01010101 101110100 10110101 11010101 11011101 11011101 11010111 101010111 01010001 100010001 10110011 01010111 11111111 010101001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 878
- Average number of words per stanza: 160
- Amount of lines: 180
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; of, it, and, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words is, and, the, o, to are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines not is repeated).
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- summary of The Tram (In The Midlands);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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