This is an analysis of the poem August 1914 that begins with:
What in our lives is burnt
In the fire of this?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb cdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101 001000 011100 01111 11111 10101 010101 100111 10111 101111 011111 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 12
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of August 1914;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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