This is an analysis of the poem Picture Of A Nativity that begins with:
Sea-preserved, heaped with sea-spoils,
Ribs, keels, coral sores,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bccb ddaa eeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011011 11101 011001001 01101101 0111 0110111 101011101 0111000100 01011010 010101010 1110101 0101001111 010101101 1010100101 1001101 01001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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 Picture Of A Nativity;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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