This is an analysis of the poem Follies that begins with:
Shaken,
The blossoms of lilac, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcdad eedXdXbXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10 010011 110 010010 1101 1001 10011 11010 10010010 110010100 1101010110 101011100 1 00101 0111111 01001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Follies;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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