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

You are the stately sunset,
Departing with a hundred flames of amber...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXccXAXabXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 01000101010 0101000101 10110 110111010001 1001010 1101011 1101 1001010101 101101010 11010100101 000111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 422
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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 Metaphor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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