This is an analysis of the poem The Blue Scarf that begins with:

Pale, with the blue of high zeniths, shimmered over with silver, brocaded
In smooth, running patterns, a soft stuff, with dark knotted fringes,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXcXXaXXXcXXXbXXacXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101101010010100 011010011011010 011 100101101110110010 101010110010010111 0101010111111011 111 1100110101111 011010 0111100101010011010 111110010010110110 010111011110010110 1110111100110100010 1001111001111001 101101101000010011010 110110010101001 0110 0101110101111010010 1110110101110 011010 110110011010010111 1111110101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 645
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (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; with, and, of, it, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word her is repeated.

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  • summary of The Blue Scarf;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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