This is an analysis of the poem A News Came that begins with:

Tonight there came a news that you, oh beloved, would come -
Be my head sacrificed to the road along which you will come riding! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaXXcbca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01110111101011 01110100101110110 100100101111111 001111101010 00100111101 111101100 110001011 11111111111010010 111110101 10111101110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 528
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; come, you, my are repeated.

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  • summary of A News Came;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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