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

The same and not quite the same, I walked through oak forests
Amazed that my Muse, Mnemosyne,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXaXXabbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111101111110 01111100 10110101010 011110111100 10100111001 011101010100101 1110111101 111110101100 01101001101 110110110 1111110010 110101001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 515
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of Magpiety;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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