This is an analysis of the poem An Hour that begins with:

Leaves glowing in the sun, zealous hum of bumblebees,
From afar, from somewhere beyond the river, echoes of lingering voices...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100011010100 0010110101010010010 10010100101111001 0101100101100110010 110101111110110 11111111110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 384
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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