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

When, as a boy, I went
To study in the Muses' school,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXccabaddbXccXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 01000101 10010111 11011111 1101111100 010000101 1101 11001 1111 010001 10110101 01010111 111101 111110010 1101010111 11011101 10010111110 11011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 585
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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

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