This is an analysis of the poem O Breath that begins with:

Beneath that loved   and celebrated breast,
silent, bored really   blindly veined,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXaXbbcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 01110010101 101100010 1100011 1100 101001000 10110001 1101000010 10110111 10110001010 101110000111 010011110100001 11011100001 1011010100 1101011000 100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 578
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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 O Breath;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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