This is an analysis of the poem Jordan that begins with:
Who says that fictions only and false hair
Become a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababa cccXc deded
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1111010111 01010101110 0101000101 11110111110 10011101 0011010101 1101011111 1101010101 11011111100 10011101 1011010101 1011111111 11011100101 1101010101 11011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Jordan;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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