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

Hidden in my skull are the caves where the endless
Reticular frescoes of my awesome childhood unroll....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X X b X b b c d c a X d d X b b X X d X X eXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111011010 10001001101110 110101010101000 1001101010 1011011110 011111001010 01110100111 110111 10101101110 110110010 1101010001 1000101011000 11111111101 10101110110 1111111010 010010110101 11010111101 11110011000110 110101010101000 0101010000101111 10100111010101 1111101 1010000100111 100011101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 46
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.

    The author used the same word with at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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