This is an analysis of the poem Noon that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdXa beXXeddefgXeefhidddc XdhXjeejhdjkiXfcebgef ddXXlkhdlgXjg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,20,21,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010 1111010101 1101010001 0011101001 11110111001 1100011001 1101010101 01010111100 0101000101 1101010101 1101010101 0111010100 01011101001 110011100111 1111010001 0101000011 10001110101 1001010101 01000101110 1111000101 11110101001 11010010101 0011110001 11001011101 01001011101 1011010011 01001100110 110010100101 0101110101 10001010101 1101011001 1011001001 11110010111 0101000101 1101010101 01010001001 110110000101 0101110111 0101011101 11010101001 1111110101 01000100011 1011010101 1101110101 0101011101 1111011101 01010010101 10010011101 1100010101 1000010101 1011011011 0101010111 1111111001 1100011100 01010010111 1101011001 1111110100 1101110100 1110010101 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 512
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, in, and, his, to are repeated.

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

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

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