This is an analysis of the poem Confetti In The Wind that begins with:

He wrote a letter in his mind
To answer one a maid had sent;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ececbbbb babacfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010001 01010111 11010101 11111111 11111111 01011101 11000001 1111 11010101 01000101 00111001 11011101 11011100 11001101 11111111 1101 11010001 11110001 10011111 01111101 01110101 10011101 11010101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; he, and, it, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he 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 Confetti In The Wind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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