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

ONE morning, my heart can remember,
I sat dreaming there, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbab cddcd cccXX eccec fggXX ehheh aiiaX fjjfj fbbfb kllkl eccec lbala elleX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010 11101 001001 0010011010 101000111 111110010 11101 111010 101001010 101011001 1110011110 11101 101001 011110110 001001110 111011110 01111 101001 110110010 101001011 1111110010 110001 001101 1011111010 001011101 1010110010 01101 101001 1010010010 001101101 111111110 111011 101001 1110111010 111011101 1111111110 11101 011001 1011010010 001101001 110110010 101101 101001 1111010110 111011101 0100110010 11011 11001 0110110110 111011001 0010110110 01001 111101 0011010110 001001111 110011100 11001 010110 1110010001 0010111110 110111010 11111 111101 0011010010 00100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 Unofficial;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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