This is an analysis of the poem To An Intra-Mural Rat that begins with:

You make me think of many men
Once met, to be forgot again...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 11000101 1101010 00010001 11010010 1100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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 To An Intra-Mural Rat;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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