This is an analysis of the poem Ein Yahav that begins with:
A night drive to Ein Yahav in the Arava Desert,
a drive in the rain. Yes, in the rain....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXXX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101100010010 010011001 111101111 1111001111 111111110 111011111100 111001101 110011 010110111010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; in, hope, barbed, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, there are repeated.
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- summary of Ein Yahav;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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