This is an analysis of the poem Wind At Tindari that begins with:

Tindari, I know you
mild between broad hills, overhanging the waters...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcd XbcXeaaXfd XXbbdfa XacXXXce XeXac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,10,7,8,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111 101111010010 001110 011011 110011 111011000 10001001 1010010010001 110001 10111 111101 1011101 101101011 10010110 11010 000101110 1111111 01010100 010011101010 101 1010111 1011 1101 101110011001 1001 0001010011 110010010110 0101001 11101 011101 0101100 1111 0111001001 111111111111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; you, of are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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  • summary of Wind At Tindari;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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