This is an analysis of the poem October 12 that begins with:

My bag was missing at the airport
"Just one bag?" "Yes, but it meant a lot to me"...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXXXXbXXXbaccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101011 101101010101010 11101100111 1010111100100 10111100101110 10011100100 10111010011 101111 101110001011 10110010001011 01010111010101 01111110101 111101010110 010001011011 110100111 1011111 11101010101 11000110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 862
  • Average number of words per stanza: 137
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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 October 12;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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