This is an analysis of the poem Three Variants that begins with:

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When in front of you hangs the day with its ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xaba cXcX X XdXd efgf X bdbb gXeb dXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1010110100 1001111 0010110101 111001001 011011101 1001101 1010101111 010101 1 0100101010 01000101 010101110 11010101 010101110 01010101 010100010 01010101 1 10101010 00101010 10110110 10101110 10111010 10001010 11101010 10100010 11111110 10101010 10111011 101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Three Variants;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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