This is an analysis of the poem The Patient Watches that begins with:
The patient watches. Six days long
In frenzy blizzards rave relentlessly,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX XbXXXbbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 0101010100 11011101 11110101000 01110001 111111011 11111101 010111110 10010110 111001010 11110101 010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of The Patient Watches;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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