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

Not we who daily walk the City's street;
Not those who have been cradled in its heart,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaabba cacaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010101 1111010001 11010101001 110001111 1101110101 11001101010 11100101010 1111110101 1111111111 1111110111 1101011111 1101010101 0101111111 1101100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; its, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word not at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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