This is an analysis of the poem A Myth that begins with:

A FLOATING, a floating
Across the sleeping sea, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb XXbX cdcd acacXcddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010 010101 11110101 010101 11100101 1001010 11110101 110101 1111011 110101 111100101 110111 1111010 110101 01010101 110101 0101011 010101 01010101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 A Myth;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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