This is an analysis of the poem The Key that begins with:
There comes a time in one's life,
When silence becomes the preferred company....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccdX eeefdC acbceC XfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101011 11001001100 110101010 01011010 011010110001 111 101101 001110010001 1011101 110111111 001001110 110 001011 11001010 111101100 001111001 0100100111 110 101 00111101 11101011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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 The Key;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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