This is an analysis of the poem June Sick Room that begins with:

The birds' shrill fluting
Beats on the pink blind,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabbXXcXcbXaXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110 11011 10011 1111001 101101 11011 010011011 0101 0110101 0010101 1111110 10101 011 011101 011101 01100 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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 June Sick Room;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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