This is an analysis of the poem My Frost-King - Song I that begins with:

We are sending you, dear flowers
Forth alone to die,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXbXXXaXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 10101 111010111 10011111 1110101001 0011111 11101101 1110111 11010111 110100 010010111 100101 111100101 110101 0011111110 1011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 523
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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 My Frost-King - Song I;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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