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

Well, how has it been with you since we met
That last strange time of a hundred times?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdedeaaf gfgXbfafaaabfbfddhghghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110001111 111100101 1110111101 110101111 0101111101 1010110111 1100111111 11100100101 10100100111 1011100101 001111101 00011001 1101101001 00100110101 010101111 1100101101 01010110 011100111 1111111101 0101101111 1111111111 100101101 111101111 110100111 1101110101 0010111101 111100101 010101101 1110100111 101100101 110101111 1101101101 11011111111 10011101 1011100101 1011000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 745
  • Average number of words per stanza: 146
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, of, that, from are repeated.

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

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