This is an analysis of the poem Three Pictures that begins with:
I have seen many things in many lands,
And many sorrows known and many joys,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaababcdcdXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111010101 1101011101 11110010101 1111011111 1101010111 1101011011 1001001101 0101011101 1011011011 1111001100 00101001101 1100010111 1111011110 1111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 594
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, many, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Three Pictures;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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