This is an analysis of the poem Satiety (Dear) that begins with:

Dear you were as is the tree of Being
To the happy dead in heaven's bowers.......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX baXb aXaa aXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001010 0010101010 1110101111 101010110 1101111010 1001010001 1110101010 1001100010 1010111010 1011010101 101010011 1001101010 1111101010 001110101 1010111010 1000101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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 Satiety (Dear);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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