This is an analysis of the poem Turning Madness Into Flowers #1 that begins with:

If my sorrow were deeper
I'd be, along with you, under...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbdXeaeccdXfXggdhXXehf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110010 10010110 0101 10111101 11010101 010 101 01 011 010 1 11101111101 01110 1001 1110100 10111010100101 111111 0011 10010 10 1110010 00010110 1001 1110 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 520
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Turning Madness Into Flowers #1;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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