This is an analysis of the poem The Wreath that begins with:

[EASTER, ] Here on my path by some hard fate struck down,
When life at last held out full hands to me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXaXaXbcbXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101111111111 1111111101 1011010001 1111010100 1101011101 1101011101 0100110101 1101111111 1101010101 1101011111 1111110111 00111100011 11011010110 1101011101 1101010101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 699
  • Average number of words per stanza: 133
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; i is repeated.

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

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

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