This is an analysis of the poem The Foolish Virgins that begins with:
When descending from the sky
The Bridegroom shall appear;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eaeafbfb gagXgggg hihijgjg bgbgckck
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010001 011101 1010111 110101 1011101 10110011 0110101 010101 1010101 111001 1010111 011101 1011101 1001101 1010101 011101 1111101 111100 1010101 110100 1111101 1011111 1110101 010101 0110101 110011 1111111 101101 1010001 1101101 1011101 011101 1111101 111101 1010101 110101 1110101 1110101 1000101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- history of its creation;
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