This is an analysis of the poem The Great Breath that begins with:
ITS edges foam'd with amethyst and rose,
Withers once more the old blue flower of day: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010010011 10110111001 1101010101 110101 01001010101 10010010101 0111110101 110101 11110100101 1000111101 10010110101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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 The Great Breath;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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