This is an analysis of the poem When I Was Young The Silk that begins with:
When I was young the silk
of my mind...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbbX cXXc dbXaXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 111101 011 1101001 01 1110101 01111 1 111111 111 110111 1101 11010 11 11111 01001101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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