This is an analysis of the poem Mossbawn: Two Poems In Dedication that begins with:

1. Sunlight
There was a sunlit absence....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdX acef dcXg acdX ceah Xbeb gXid h XjfjfXfhaiXihX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 1101110 01001001 10010 10100 00110 1011 10110 0101 011101 10110 100100 01001 10101 010111 001010 1010 11101 00101 1111 01001 1101 1001 010110 001011 1101 10101 1101 0011 10110 1110000110 110011101 11100100110 0101010101 1101100111 0110101100 1010110101 1110111111 10010111101 0010010101 1101001101 1100101001 1001000101 01011110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Mossbawn: Two Poems In Dedication;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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