This is an analysis of the poem Reflections that begins with:
HOW shallow is this mere that gleams!
Its depth of blue is from the skies, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dada
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11000111 01010001 10010101 11010111 11111100 01010101 110100011 11011001 11110101 1111001010 11111111 010100110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Reflections;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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