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

Thinking of her had saddened me at first,
Until I saw the sun on the celandines lie...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaaba dcdceXffegg feXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,11,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1000110111 0111011010001 0101111101 0101110111 01111100111 0101010011 1111100111 110100001010 11011101011 011101101000 10110100111 10010101111 0101010101 0101111101 1001010101 1100110001 1000101111 1101100101 10101010011 0111010011 1011011101 111101001111 11010100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • 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 Celandine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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