This is an analysis of the poem To Johnanna that begins with:
Often I hear your steps
Ring through the alley....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a b c X d c e X a X e X f g X X c g e f f h a h d e a h c d eXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111 11010 001110 0100111 001010 11010001 0101 10110 000101 1000101 010101 11010 10101 01110 1101 10101 1011001 11110 0111 11101 111101 00101001 10100 1001001 01010010 110011 011 10111010 101110 11010 01101 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 32
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 23
- Average number of words per stanza: 4
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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 To Johnanna;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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