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

Like beautiful bodies of the dead, who had not grown old
and they shut them with tears, in a magnificent mausoleum,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001000111111 1110010001001010 010101110101 1010101111 01100011001001 0101000110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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