This is an analysis of the poem The Wood-Cutter that begins with:
The sky is like an envelope,
One of those blue official things;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dede fefe ghgh ieie jkjk jgjg ebeb ebeb fkfk jgjX lele
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01011101 10110101 11000111 01010101 11111111 01110101 0100111111101101 10101001001011111 10101111011101 10011111101101 111001011011011 11111111001001 111111101111111 11001001011101001 110100110101001 010101100100111 011110111011101 1110100101110101 110010100101001 010101100101001 11001010100100 10110101101011 011010101100101 110101101100111 111111101100101 11111101101001 11010010111101 110111110101101 01001001001001001 1111110101101 10010101101001 01001011111101 101010101011011 10010101001001 101101001001001 0111001010010001 0111001001001001 1001010100111 1111110101101101 111100101101001 111110101101001 100101101101111 10111011011111 01010011111101 11111111011101 11010110101000 11101001001011001 111101101101011 100100111101101 11010011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, in, ever, and, i, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases rest, hell connect the lines.
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- summary of The Wood-Cutter;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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