This is an analysis of the poem Greeting that begins with:
I spread a scanty board too late;
The old-time guests for whom I wait... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccb aadddd eecffc gghddh aaXXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 01111111 11111001 11111100 01011001 111101101 11111101 11111111 11010111 110100111 01010111 11010101 01011101 01010111 11100101 01010101 01010001 01010111 11110111 11111101 11010111 00110111 10110101 01001101 11010111 01010101 111101100 01010100 01111110 11010110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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