This is an analysis of the poem Statistics that begins with:
Napoleon shifted,
Restless in the old sarcophagus...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXbcbXXXXXXbXbaXcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010 100010100 1100010 101100 1001101 10101 10110 0111 001 10010 101001001 100111100 00110111 01110 0010100 1111 0010100 101000 1110 0101001010 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 521
- Average number of words per stanza: 83
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Statistics;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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