This is an analysis of the poem Discord that begins with:
Unreconciled by life's fleet years, that fled
With changeful clang of pinions wide and wild,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa aaa aXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101111011 01001010111 11110111111 0101 11111101001 1111010111 1111010101 11010101001 110011101000 1111110101 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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 Discord;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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