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

Clouds
I’d have to be really quick...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bacd bef gd ha age aifa fijhj fcf kk X X XXXX fXX XX XX XXX XfXX XXXXX XXX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,3,2,2,3,4,5,3,2,1,1,4,3,2,2,3,4,5,3,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11100101 0011 011001 100110101 111 1101010 111010 01011000101 111001001 111111100 1100101010 0101 111101 100010011010 101 100111010 11111 111101010 11001011 111110010 11011 1110 11 111101 101010111 111001 11001010111 1110011101 010110110011100 10 1100001 100011010 1110010 101110011 110001 1100110 1001010010110 1100100110 1011101100 10111101000 10010011110 1001001100 11011000 1011111 110 10101011 1110100 0111011100 1111101 010110111100 110111110 100 10100 110110 111110 100100100110000 111000101101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, e, nie are repeated.

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

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

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