This is an analysis of the poem Six Significant Landscapes that begins with:

I
An old man sits...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXXcdeeeff XXXghgifcb XiaXjaahXgd XjjcceeXfi abbffkkf abfhXffXXjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,11,10,8,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1111 00110011 010 1111 111 1010011 1001 011001 0111001 1101 101 1 0100010 00101 1011 01 10110 0101 011 1010 10001 1 11011 01011 11111110 11111001 011 111001001 011 1001101 0111 0110111 1 1111101 011001 10101 01001 11 011 010110000 01 111 1 11010011 10100011 1010001 1110 11 11111 101011 1 10001011 1011 10101 101010 10101 0110110 01110 1101100 110100010011 100011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, nor, looking are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines wind, carve are repeated).

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  • summary of Six Significant Landscapes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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