This is an analysis of the poem There Are Not Many Kingdoms Left that begins with:

I write the lips of the moon upon her shoulders. In a
temple of silvery farawayness I guard her to rest....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab aXb Xc bc XXX dXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,2,2,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11010010101000 100100100011001 101110101010100 100101001101 10001101 10010101101110 10010 01011101000101 1010 0100100011000 111111001100101 110100101011010 11100100011001 01001001101 1010101011001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of, her are repeated.

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  • summary of There Are Not Many Kingdoms Left;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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