This is an analysis of the poem The Blue Mertensia that begins with:
This is the path he used to take,
That ended at a rose-porched door:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX efef eeee gagX hdhd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 00011101 110101101 110111001 1101 01100101 110011101 10011101 1011 11011001 10010101 110101001 1111 11110101 11011101 01010011 1101 11010011 01100111 01010111 0101 11010011 01110101 01010101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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 Blue Mertensia;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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