This is an analysis of the poem Guard-Duty that begins with:
A star frightens the steeple cross
a horse gasps smoke...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXaaaaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01100101 0111 101100 11 1 10100 100 010 100 1
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 14 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 2
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Guard-Duty;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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