This is an analysis of the poem When I Watch The Living Meet that begins with:

When I watch the living meet
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac adad efef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1010101 1110101 1110101 0010111 0010111 1110101 1110101 0010101 1011101 1100101 1010111 1010111 1111101 1011111 1011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less 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; of is repeated.

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  • summary of When I Watch The Living Meet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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