This is an analysis of the poem First Born that begins with:
I am the first born.
My journey into the real world, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaXccX bbbaaXbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 11000011 110100100010 0100010010 0100100001000010 1001 1101001001 0010110100 1 00110011001 1111 11010111 001011 10010101 11000100010101 111011 11111011110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of First Born;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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