This is an analysis of the poem Eau-Forte that begins with:

ON black bare trees a stale cream moon
hangs dead, and sours the unborn buds. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa Xb XbXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 111100111 11111111 110111111 11111011 11011101 0100110101 110010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Eau-Forte;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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