This is an analysis of the poem Contrasts that begins with:
I see the tall church steeples,
They reach so far, so far, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb Xbbb acac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110 111111 10101110111 1010101 1101110 1110101 111110101 0111001 10110010 1011001 11011110111 1101011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Contrasts;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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