This is an analysis of the poem Open Stage Poetry Reading that begins with:

After the one that sings, and after the one
that can make up poems of a kind right on the spot;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXbXXab bXaXbaXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011111001 1111100011101 10011101101 111001001001 1111001010100 11001110010010 1001110101 01011110111 010010100011 1100100110101 0011011101011 110110101001 11011010110010 111011011010100 111110110011 0101011001110 11101011101110 11000010110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 451
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; after, in, i, it are repeated.

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  • summary of Open Stage Poetry Reading;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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