This is an analysis of the poem Self(The Poet PassÉ)portrait that begins with:
His task to watch an hourglass wash itself,
A ritual cleansing that leaves him bare,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bbXX cXXc dd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01011101101 0100101111 1110000101 0101011110 1010010101 111101010 0101011000 1101001101 00101011010 1111000100 1010100111 0110101001 1001011010 101010111011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Self(The Poet PassÉ)portrait;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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