This is an analysis of the poem Vacation that begins with:

I love the hour before takeoff,
that stretch of no time, no home...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXacXcddceXcXXXfXdaXdefbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100111 1101111 10110111 010101111 010001101 1000100100110 110101111 1111111100100 01101100 101100010 00101011010 0101010001110 10111101 011010110 11011101 10010100 1110010010 001000101011 1001101 111010010 11101001 0001111111 11011010110 010101010 0101101 1111001 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 990
  • Average number of words per stanza: 177
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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