This is an analysis of the poem The Fingers Of The Light that begins with:

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The Fingers of the Light... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abaX cXXX cbXb Xaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010001 110101 010111101 1111110 10100101 10101100 11110111 1011010 010101 110101 00100100 010111 010001 010101 11100101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Fingers Of The Light;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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