This is an analysis of the poem Blue Stone that begins with:

Someday, when you are twenty-four and walking through
The street of a foreign city......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111011101 01001010 111010101 1101101110 1111110011011 110111010 1010011010 0111111 11010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words let, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Blue Stone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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