This is an analysis of the poem The Centaur that begins with:
I belong to those manifold Existences
Once known, or once suspected,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xab Cac XaddXX dXbbCc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011011000 1111010 1011111 101101 000101010 111101 01111110 1111010 10111010 111111 00010111100 0010010001110 1101000101 100100 111111 010101 101101 1101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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 The Centaur;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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