This is an analysis of the poem In Memory Of Marina Tsvetaeva that begins with:

Dismal day, with the weather inclement.
Inconsolably rivulets run...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXc ddXe cfaf bgXg hiei iahX jkak bbbb ljbj XXXl emam
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010010 100001001 101010011 111101011 1010111011 101010110 111001010 101010010 0110110010 101001011 111110010 11110101 1010110110 101101101 11110101000 101001011 101001110 101011001 1011010010 11101001 111100010 01111101 100100110 100111000 010111010 11110101 111101001 11110011 111101010 10011111 110101010 11010001 110001010 1001001001 11000111 111111001 010110010 11101101 011100010 10001100 011101110 11110111 100111010 010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, in, your are repeated.

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