This is an analysis of the poem Awakening that begins with:

Grave mouths of lions
Sinuous smiling of young crocodiles...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXbbXbcXXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11010 101001101 010101001010 101 1101001 00101 1010 01010010010 010011010010 001000101 1101 111010010 110100 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 384
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; of is repeated.

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

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