This is an analysis of the poem Cocoon For A Skeleton that begins with:

Clothes: to compose
The furtive, lone...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc effe ghhg Xiia Xi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001 0101 1001 0101 0111 10001 0101 0101 0101 0011 0111 1111 0101 0111 1101 1101 0101 10010 11010 0101 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 64
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Cocoon For A Skeleton;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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