This is an analysis of the poem Paris that begins with:

My Paris is a land where twilight days
Merge into violent nights of black and gold;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc aeea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100011111 10010010111 10100100101 1101110101 1101010101 0101110101 0111010101 1001011101 11001000101 1001011100 1001011101 0101011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Paris;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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