This is an analysis of the poem Perhaps It Is Your Smile that begins with:
Even though the mix is familiar...
To you and me too! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabb XXabXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010010 01111 011100100 10100 0101 11110011 010011 11010111 111010 01 1101 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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.
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- summary of Perhaps It Is Your Smile;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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