This is an analysis of the poem Self-Abandonment that begins with:
I sat srinking and did not notice the dusk,
Till falling petals filled the folds of my dress....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa aX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101011001 11010101011 10111100111 010111101 111 110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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- summary of Self-Abandonment;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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