This is an analysis of the poem The Crane that begins with:

The biggest crane on earth, it lifts
Two hundred ton more easily ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaddcd EEEdede fggfhXdd ccdghiiiiih ddgdeEE bbhjhejejejjjXeeedd edjjddjcXjcXdeje aeJXcchiaihjgX hkkgjjjXbdccdddd EEEeXllhJcghgjdggjd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,8,11,7,19,16,14,16,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 11011100 11111101 11010111 11110101 11111011 01110101 1100101 11010001 11110101 11110101 11111111 01011101 11010101 01110101 11111101 11110101 11110111 11110111 11010111 11011110 01111001 11010101 11010111 11010011 01010101 01010101 01010011 11110011 0101111 11110111 01010101 01010001 11010101 11010101 1110101 11010101 11011101 11110001 11110101 11110101 101101110 111101010 11010101 11010001 11011101 11010101 11010111 01010101 10111101 10010001 11111111 11110101 01010001 11011111 11111001 11010011 11010101 11010101 01011101 10010111 11010101 11010111 11110101 10011101 11011101 11100101 11110001 11010100 1110001 11010111 01010101 01011111 11111111 01011111 01011111 11110111 110101101 01110001 010101011 11110101 11010111 101001101 01110001 1101011 11010101 01110110 11000101 01001101 011101100 11110101 11111101 11010101 11011111 111101001 11111001 11011101 11110110 10010100 01111101 01011101 11011111 11110101 01011101 01010101 11011101 11010001 11110101 11110101 01011111 11010111 110111110 110111110 11011111 01110001 11010111 11011111 110011101 01111101 01110101 110100111 11010101 01000101 11010111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 460
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 125
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, she, the, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Crane;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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