This is an analysis of the poem Mute Marriages that begins with:

Mute marriages:
the ten-ton block of ice...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcde dfaga abXbaea fXadcXbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100 011101 0100101 01100010 011 00010 0110101 11010 10101 010110 101010 1010101 1001 0100001 100101 0100001 0011 101 10011 00100 01010 0011 011 01101 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • 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 Mute Marriages;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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