This is an analysis of the poem Out Of The Watercolored Window, When You Look that begins with:

When from the watercolored window idly you look
Each is but and clear to see, not steep:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dbdbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10010000101011 101110111 11011011001 1010010101 010001010101 010010101001 11011011101 0101110111 1101010101 10101010111 01010011101 110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; as is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Out Of The Watercolored Window, When You Look;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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