This is an analysis of the poem Greeting Verses that begins with:

What do I find right at the center of my interpersonal
relationships: a slightly dispersed but indisputably ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXa XbX XcX XXb XXX bXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110100110100 010101001101010 100100100100110 010011011011 11011101101001 0101101011001110 1101010010100 10110101011010 10001011100 0101111110110 10001101011 10101011010100 1111001001111100010 1101010111 1010101110110000 01111101010010 0100111111000101 1010011011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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 Greeting Verses;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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