This is an analysis of the poem Song Be Delicate that begins with:

Let your song be delicate.
The skies declare ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXb Accc AbXb AdedXAded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100 0101 1101010 1101 1110100 1101 0110110 10001 1110100 01011 1111010 00101 1110100 0111 1111010 1001 1110100 1111 100110110 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

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  • summary of Song Be Delicate;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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