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

Authors and actors and artists and such
Never know nothing, and never know much....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011011 1011011011 10110110110 11010010010 1111011101 1101011111 101011001 1011011011 10111011100 11011010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 410
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and is repeated.

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

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