This is an analysis of the poem Fragment that begins with:
What is poetry? Is it a mosaic
Of coloured stones which curiously are wrought ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10100000010 01011100011 0001010111 1101010101 11000100101 1001011101 1001010111 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 8
- 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 Fragment;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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