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

Leave me to my lonely pillow.
Go, and take your silly posies...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX abab acac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011010 11111010 11101011 10111010 11111011 11101010 100101011 11101010 10111011 11101110 01111011 11111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; me is repeated.

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

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