This is an analysis of the poem Durer: Innsbruck, 1495 that begins with:

I had often, cowled in the slumbrous heavy air,
Closed my inanimate lids to find it real,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcbXcbXXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110100010101 11010010101 11101001001 11010111101 101001001010 11011100101 111111111 011010100111 11101110110 111110101 00100010010111 011011110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 542
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Durer: Innsbruck, 1495;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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