This is an analysis of the poem The Waking (1948) that begins with:
I strolled across
An open field;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcX dbef fbca XbXg bbbg egXdXgggd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 1101 0111 1110 0101 01110 10010 0101 011 01010 1101 111 0101 0101 11001 001010 1001 0101 0110 0101 111010 1101 111 1101 11010 0101 1011 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Waking (1948);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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