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

Come to my heart, cruel, insensible one,
Adored tiger, monster with the indolent air;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xcdc XXeb beXe dfff Xfff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111001001 011010001001 1110111110010 0001010011 10110101101 11101101 11101010 0111011101 110111011 10010100101 11101100101 0101010011 01010101 10101101 10001011 111011 110011110 1101110100 101001100 110110001 11101110 10111100 1010100101 111001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your is repeated.

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

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