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

It's dark. Not caring where I go, which path I follow,
Past sleepy ponds I stroll....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcdc bXdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111011111110 110111 0101011101010 1101 0101111101010 010101 11011101011 1111 11110110011 10 010101 0101011101110 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i 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 The Pleiades;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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