This is an analysis of the poem Poem - Ii that begins with:

Death walks through the mind's dark woods,
Beautiful as aconite,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbX abXb acac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 1001100 010100011 11111101 1111100 1010101 1010101 1011011 1110100 11010111 1010011 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 Poem - Ii;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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