This is an analysis of the poem Bitter And Sweet Fruits that begins with:

Growing to know,
Both the bitter and sweet fruits, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdde efebcfeXXXgd echXXeiXi ibgcedc heaeeXXidc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,12,9,7,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001 1010111 0101 010101010 110110001 010 11101010 0101 111010100 10011101 01101011 0001 110101000 1100010 10101 01010100 010100010 00101 0100010100 101001001 0110010011 110000 10101101 11010 00101 11110000 11110 11010 11100010 01000 11100101 0101101100 0011100 00011010101 10110101 100010 00110101 101 1010101 011010110 0110100 101010 0001 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word god is repeated.

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  • summary of Bitter And Sweet Fruits;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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