This is an analysis of the poem Euthansia that begins with:

A sea-gull with a broken wing,
I found upon the kelp-strewn shore....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXXX cdcdee cfcfggXbbbcc hihigg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,12,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100101 11010111 011111101 111101110 11000101 111100010 11010001 01011101 10010111 11000101 11011111 011101111 11011101 11011101 01110101 01111101 11110101 11000101 10101010100 111010101 110101101 11010101 01110101 11011101 11010101 11010101 10101101 11010100 10110011 00110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, it are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Euthansia;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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