This is an analysis of the poem December 27, 1879 that begins with:

Every time would have its song
If the heart were right,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bbbb baba efef gdgd ahah bXbX bXbi aja j bcbc ckck ciaXciXbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,1,4,4,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101 00101 1011101 10111 1010101 10111 1111101 11111 1010101 10101 1110001 11111 1111111 10101 0101101 10111 1010011 10101 1011111 00111 1010011 10011 1010001 10111 1001101 101010 1100101 101110 11100101 11101 1011101 00110 1010101 10101 1011101 10101 1111111 11101 1111101 11101 1110001 10101 10110011 10101 1011101 10111 1011101 10101 1010101 11101 10 10 001 11101 1101101 11111 1011111 1001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines everywhere is repeated).

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  • summary of December 27, 1879;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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