This is an analysis of the poem My Books that begins with:

Sadly as some old mediaeval knight
Gazed at the arms he could no longer wield,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdbcdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101111001 1101111101 0111010101 0100011101 1101010101 0101010001 1101111101 1011010101 1101110111 1100110101 1101011101 1101101101 1011010101 0111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 579
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of My Books;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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