This is an analysis of the poem Nahant that begins with:
BOWED as an elm under the weight of its beauty,
So earth is bowed, under her weight of splendor,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXccddbcXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110010010 11011001010 10110011010 10110 10011001011 110010101010 10011110011 10010 10100111010 11011101110 010101010011 10010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 476
- Average number of words per stanza: 88
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; of is repeated.
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- summary of Nahant;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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