This is an analysis of the poem Passport that begins with:

They did not recognize me in the shadows
That suck away my color in this Passport...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdXede XbXaaacadb fabdecaabXfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110110011 11011100011 1001111010 101011001101 1011011 111 010110101 01011011 1111101 10111011 001001011 1010 1010 10111 101100 1010100 101 001 11100111 101110100 111100111 01111 1001 1110100101 110010 1101111 1101011100 011010101 1011010100010 1010010110100 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, don't are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word passport at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Passport;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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