This is an analysis of the poem Man In Black that begins with:
Where the three magenta
Breakwaters take the shove...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaX aba bXb XcX cdc ded eeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010 100101 110011 001101 100101 110100 011010 001100 111101 001111 100111 110111 100111 111101 110111 111011 111111 111111 110101 110011 100010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; black is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word black is repeated.
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- summary of Man In Black;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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