This is an analysis of the poem The Wreck Of The Columbine that begins with:
Kind Christians, all pay attention to me,
And Miss Mouat's sufferings I'll relate to ye;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaX Xbcc ddcc eeff cXdd ggdd ffdd cchh Xcii aajj kkkk bXll ddhh cXXa ccaa dddd aXhh ffee gggg mmdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101101001 11110010101 1110101101001 1001001001001100 1101101100101110 1001110111111101 11111110110101 1001101111 011100101101 1011010101111101 101101110101 10010010101101 1001011010101 10101011101001 1011011001 1011110111 1111111101 010101010111 10100101001001001 1010110101101 110111010101 11101011010101 111011101101 11100110001011011 11011010100101001 1010100101010101 10101101010110001 10111111001001 110110010110 01011001001110101 11010110001001 010100101001101 1101010011010110 01100011001 10010101001 1010111100111 1111000101010001 1011001011001 11011010010010001 100110101101101 1100111001001 00110111011 1010101111 10010101011 11010111101 110100101001110010 101001011101 10111010101100101 10101110101101 1110101101111 10101001010111010 1110010111 100110001011111 010101010111110 111010111110010 11010101001100111 1111010101101 10100101001 1010110111 11111100101 1011011001111 101111101 1111101111101 11100101100110111 11101001100100101 101110101110 100101100111 11010111010001 10111011101101 11101101001 11010101101001001 1001110001101 11010101011011 1001110011011101 11010101011100101 1010100011101010101 101011111010101 111010011101 11110101001000100011 10101001110100110
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, her, as, to, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, then, but, still 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 Wreck Of The Columbine;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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