This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Elf that begins with:
When the poppies, with their shields,
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccdddeed X fcfceeghhiig X ididffcaaXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,12,1,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010011 100 1010101 001 0010101 1110101 101 1110111 1010101 1110101 0010101 10011 1 1011101 111 1010101 111 1010101 1010111 101 1110101 1010101 1010101 1000101 10111 1 1010101 101 1011101 111 0011101 1111111 101 1010111 1010101 001010 1110111 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Song Of The Elf;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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