This is an analysis of the poem Passage that begins with:
The swan sings. From deep in the marshes,
its voice chimes sharp and clear...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aba cde XXb Xec daX Xec Xacd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011010010 011111 101001010 000101010 11000101 1010110010 01111001 100010110110 011100101 011011101 0111101001 1011010101 1001001 101101011 0011011100010 01101011010 11100011001 010101010 00110110 100101101 011011010 11000101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- 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 Passage;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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