This is an analysis of the poem Winged Man that begins with:
The moon, a sweeping scimitar, dipped in the stormy straits,
The dawn, a crimson cataract, burst through the eastern gates, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff ggcc hhh cXX iXc Xaa iaa ajjXbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01010100100101 01010100110101 0101010010101 11111111110101 1101010010111 01110100011101 01100111011001 01011101010100 11110101110111 1001010100101 11011101110011 11101111111101 1111110110101 1001010100111 11010111010101 01010001011101 1011011010101 111010101010101 101000101110101 1111110010001 1011110000100010 111010101010111 1011011010001 1110101010111010 001010101110101 110110101010 101010101111101 101100101010100 1011111011111 101010101010001 101011100111101 10101011010101 011010101011111 101100101010001 10101011010101 001011101010111 101010101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, up, of, he, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of Winged Man;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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