This is an analysis of the poem Testament that begins with:
Oh, let it be a night of lyric rain
And singing breezes, when my bell is tolled....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXabba cbXcbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1100010101 1101011101 1111011111 1011010110 1111110111 1011010101 1011110101 1111010001 1001011101 0001011101 111101010010 1101000101 11010110111 011111010100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.
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- summary of Testament;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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