This is an analysis of the poem The Leaf that begins with:
This silver-edged geranium leaf
Is one sign of a bitter grief...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccb XXdeed
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101001 01100101 110101001 11010101 111101001 111101 10011101 01000100 110111 11001101001 1001011 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Leaf;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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