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

After the uprising of the 17th June
The Secretary of the Writers Union...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbcXdcbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000100011 01010001010 110010000100 101010 1100010000100 1110110 1010101010100 01110100 001010 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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