This is an analysis of the poem Ecce Puer that begins with:
Of the dark past
A child is born;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXc Xdad Xbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0011 0101 0111 1101 10010 0101 11110 1001 1101 101 01111 101 01010 1111 110010 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Ecce Puer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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