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

---------------------It seems a day
(I speak of one from many singled out) ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdefbgXhXdffijkgelbblblebcgmakhggclamgggXiXcjblgXaglg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101 1101010101 10110011101 1001000101 1111011101 00110101101 0101011111 1111010101 1101010111 1111010100 1111001101 10010001001 1111110101 11011110101 11010111010 1011110111 1000110101 1001011001 0101010101 1101010101 0101010111 1001010001 1101010101 01001000101 0101010111 010101001011 0101011101 1101010101 0101000111 01010100111 01000110101 1101110101 1101011101 11011101001 1011110111 1101100101 1111010101 11010101001 0111110101 1001100101 011000001001 1001001111 1101011111 1101111101 11001010101 01010111010 0111010011 1101010111 0110110001 10010101011 0101010101 1101011110 01011100101 1101010111 0100010101 1110010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2450
  • Average number of words per stanza: 423
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; of, and, i 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 Nutting;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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