This is an analysis of the poem The Cycle that begins with:
The clapping blackness of the wings of pointed cormorants,
the great indolent planes...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbXcdbXXbbdcXbXeabbdbXecXXeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010001010100 011001 010100110101100 1100101100001010 0101 111110011110 110010101010101110 1 110010101011 01010101011101 111010 101011001010 0110010110010 10010110 1001010101100 01001001110101010 0010 1010010101111 1101010001010100 011 010100011101 0101001010011110 11011 011100101010 1001110100101011 10100 10111001110 0111010101001011 111 110001010011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1315
- Average number of words per stanza: 220
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Cycle;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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