This is an analysis of the poem Lay In A Peacefulness Against My Chest that begins with:
My shoulder is here,
If you wish to be comforted......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXc abdefg hdcg dghhdgd eedXbefg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,7,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001 01100100 01101010 011 0101 110100010 10101 1101 101010100 0110100 1111 110111 11101 11101011 11110 0001 1 101101 0100100 0111 1 101 1101 110101 011 1 010100 00101100 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
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- summary of Lay In A Peacefulness Against My Chest;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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