This is an analysis of the poem Receptive that begins with:
This late afternoon breeze...
In the midst of June, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXbXc XcaXc XbXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011011 00101 101 0001100 111001001 010010 001010011 00100 00100011 111010110 010001000 10101001 11010101 11 0101010 11 010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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 Receptive;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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