This is an analysis of the poem The Fury Of Sunsets that begins with:

Something
cold is in the air, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdeedXffddXaXgXbbcgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 10001 11001 11 1111 01111 0110 010 00101 1101 01011 1101 111001 011011 01010 11101 1110 1110 1011 1111 1111001 10100 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 427
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of The Fury Of Sunsets;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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