This is an analysis of the poem Monition that begins with:

A faint wind, blowing from World's End,
Made strange the city street. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdcecdeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110011 110101 01110001 000101 10011001 011111 100111001 1010111 11110101 110111 10110111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 434
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Monition;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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