This is an analysis of the poem The Way Of It that begins with:

With her fingers she turns paint
into flowers, with her body...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXaccdXc ebdXbbeXffXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010111 00100010 10000010 0011011 1110010 0110100 101110 11010111 0110011 01010011 011111 1111010 10110101 0001110 11110100 01100100 001011101 10101101 010011 0110111 111010 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 322
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; she is repeated.

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  • summary of The Way Of It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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