This is an analysis of the poem To -- -- that begins with:

Not long ago, the writer of these lines,
In the mad pride of intellectuality,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcdXeXXddaXXbefXcbaXdcfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010011 00110100000 0111001001110 0101010101 01010000101 11100100011 1111011000 01011100010 11010001110 11110111010 11010100001 1011110101 10110110010 1101010100 1111010111000 110101111110 011100011001 01111111011 1101110111 01110111110 01010001010 1100110101 10011001010 1101110101 0101110101 0110010101 01010101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1354
  • Average number of words per stanza: 204
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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; of, i, cannot are repeated.

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

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