This is an analysis of the poem Query that begins with:
This doubtful love has slumbered long—
At most, a shadow-mobled flame,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABABA cdcdc deded fXfXf gXgXgXABABA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010111001 11011101 01000101 11010101 11111101 11111111 010011001 11010101 10111011 11010101 11110101 010010101 1101011 110101011 01010111 11111101 010101010 11011111 01010101 11111101 11110101 11010110 01011101 01011001 11111101 010111001 11011101 01000101 11010101 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Query;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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