This is an analysis of the poem Contraband that begins with:
The tree of knowledge was the tree of reason.
That's why the taste of it...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcbccbacdefeaXfdcbfbXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101010 110100 1101011 110011100110 11011010100 11100101110 010110 1111100 1011001101100101 10010110 010011001 10111011 0101111001 010111111101 11100100110 01111100 1110001100101 010111011 101010110 11011010010 1111001 0101101 10010010101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 927
- Average number of words per stanza: 179
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of, i, and are repeated.
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- summary of Contraband;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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