This is an analysis of the poem Grodek that begins with:

At evening the autumn woodlands ring
With deadly weapons. Over the golden plains...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXaXcbXaXacabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110010111 01010100101 110101 11010101 1001010101 011001 110011000111 11010011101 11101001 1110101 10101000111 0101111011 01010100101 110001101111 1101011010 01011011100101 01111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 681
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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 Grodek;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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