This is an analysis of the poem Conversion that begins with:
African Guardian of Souls,
Drunk with rum,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010001 101 1011100 10011101100 00110101 11 01 1100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (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 Conversion;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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