This is an analysis of the poem They Didn’t Meet that begins with:
They didn't meet me, roamed,
On steps with lanterns bright....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb XXXX cdcd eeea fgfg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 110101 110101 010111 1001110 010101 1111000 1101010 0101010 010111 1111110 111011 1111010 11011 1111010 110001 1110010 01111 1101110 011111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of They Didn’t Meet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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