This is an analysis of the poem To The Author Of Glare that begins with:

There comes a time when the story turns into twenty
different stories and soon after that he academy of shadows...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX acd XcX bXX XdX Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101010010 100101110110100011 0100100101010010 01001110100010010 1001010010100010 011011110101 11110101010010 1110001101101 01101111110101010 111101110100101 010100001101010011 1110011001110110 0000111101010111 1011101001111 011111110111101 1001010010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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 To The Author Of Glare;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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