This is an analysis of the poem Alder Catkin that begins with:
Whenever the wind
drops an alder catkin into my palm, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeeXfgXhijkcgXjdclXhmXccahXnoackakblfkXlfjijniflkhjokmnaoaobXjolkehjpdXcbkXaeamhgaapnKaXdKXbe Xj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 96,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001 1110100011 10111100 01101 110010 11001110 1110001 101101011 01011 001010010100 01111 11011101 1011010 01011110100 100110110 00100101 1010 1011 101001 1110100 11001 01101010 110010 110010 1010 100110100 0101100 1001001 11011 101001111 111 01101 01010 000101100 11100010 001011 1111010 010110 1110 100101001 111001 010100100101 011 111001011 11010 10111001001 10001 01001100 11001001 110010011 111110 00110101 1111100 010111010 01001 11101001 01001 11001011 010111001 110011 01101 1001101101 101011 111010 1110110 110011 10100 01001110 1010010 01011110 11101 1111010010 1101 101011111 110 11101111 11101 111101111001 10111001 1011010 111001 00110100 110011101001 101001 1010 11 01000110 10101 1111010 01110 1000011 0101111 1111010 0111010 1011 1101010 1 0101101011010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1890
- Average number of words per stanza: 255
- Amount of lines: 98
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; we, in, all 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 Alder Catkin;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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