This is an analysis of the poem Arabesque that begins with:
On a background of pale gold
I would trace with quaint design,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbccbdda abbeebcca XffgfhhX iffXbfggi jccXbcjjj jccjjcccj dddXXdbbd cggjjgXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,8,9,9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011011 1110101 101 1010101 1110101 111 1011001 1010101 101 1010101 1010101 101 10101010 10101010 1001 1010111 1100101 101 1001100 1110111 001 1010111 101 10001111 1010101 1001 10100010 0010101 001 10101010 10101010 101 0011101 10101001 10010 1110001 1011101 101 0010100 0010001 101 1010001 1110101 111 1111101 1110100 101 0110111 0010101 101 100100101 11000101 101 1110101 1011101 111 001011 101110 101 0010101 1010101 101 1010111 1011111 111 0010101 1011111 101 10101100 1010101 101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 71
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Arabesque;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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