This is an analysis of the poem Thin Strips that begins with:

IN a jeweler's shop I saw a man beating
out thin sheets of gold. I heard a woman...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXa bba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001001110110 1110111010 110001 10011111010 11001111 010110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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