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

Are they blue, gray or green? Mysterious eyes
(as if in fact you were looking through a mist) ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXX aabc aXXbc aXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11111101001 10011010101 0101010101 0101010001 1111111101 11010010101 0110100101 110101 111101 110010101 0111010111 0101010101 1101010101 10010010101 0101110111 101010010101 010101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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