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

I flow beneath the columns that upbear
The world, and all of heaven and limbo and hell;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabbaab cdceed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101010110 011101011011 1011111101 1101001101 1101011101 01001110101 00101110101 1101110101 0101011101 1111011001 11110100101 1111110101 111110001001 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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