This is an analysis of the poem Poems for Blok, 1 that begins with:

Your name is a—bird in my hand,
a piece of ice on my tongue....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabcXXdcdeXebbXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001011 0101111 011100 11110 01101 0101011 011000101 001011 0110111 11 111110 110011 110100 1111 010111 110101 110100110 011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 478
  • Average number of words per stanza: 96
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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 Poems for Blok, 1;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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