This is an analysis of the poem Air--Give That Wreath To Me that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ababcca X Xdcdeea X fXfegga X hihiXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11101 011110 10100 100010 101010 1001110 110111011101 1 11101 101010 01011 111110 111011 111111 00101111101 1 11111 101100 11111 101010 111110 111110 10111111101 1 1011 111110 11101 101010 111110 1011101 10101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, one are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines love is repeated).

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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