This is an analysis of the poem Aztec that begins with:

You came from the Aztecs
With a copper on your fore-arms ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd dbbe bcXceadXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011 00101111 101011 1001011010 1111010 11101 010110 1101 011 1011 10110 111 1101011 1011111 11110 1111 011 0101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Aztec;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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