This is an analysis of the poem Fairy Tale that begins with:
Once, in times forgotten,
In a fairy place,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb defe ghdb adid jiXi kbXb gbcb kaXa aggg ilcl abbb aihi jmgm enen fiai hece abgb HHHH imcm cbcb hbjb coio ghih gaaaXHHHH
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010 00101 101010 10101 111010 10001 100110 10101 101010 10101 101010 101001 110110 10100 111110 10101 100010 10001 101011 10101 101010 10101 101111 001001 101010 10101 101010 10101 101110 10101 101110 10001 111010 101001 101010 10101 101010 10101 101010 00101 111010 11101 101110 10001 101010 10101 101010 10101 101010 10101 101010 10111 111010 10111 101110 00101 011010 10101 001010 10101 101010 10001 101110 10111 101010 00101 110010 11101 101011 11101 101010 10010 100010 10111 001010 10101 101010 10111 001010 010001 101110 10101 101010 10110 101010 10101 101010 00101 101010 10101 101010 11101 111110 11111 100110 10101 101011 11101 101010 10010
- Amount of stanzas: 27
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 104
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Fairy Tale;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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