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

Sometimes I tremble like a storm-swept flower,
And seek to hide my tortured soul from thee. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXabccbdccdbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01110101110 1101110101 1011010100 01010100110 0111011101 1001000101 0101011101 1001100101 1111100101 0111010101 1101110001 1101001101 1111110101 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 573
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Poetry;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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