This is an analysis of the poem A Kite For Aibhín that begins with:

After 'L'Aquilone' by Giovanni Pascoli (1855-1912)
Air from another life and time and place,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXX aba bcb cdc dee bebXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,3,3,3,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101000101010011 1001011111 1110010010 0111010101 110001111101 101111 0101010111 1111011100 100010101 10110111110 1101011101 101100101 0100110101 1011101010 1000101110 1011001001010 0100011101 11011100110 0111110101 01110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of A Kite For Aibhín ;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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