This is an analysis of the poem To Timarion that begins with:
HAD I the thrush's throat, I could not sing you
Songs sweeter than his own. And I'm too poor... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111111 1101011011 01011101011 111101 11111111110 10111111101 10111101110 110101 11101111010 1001001101 10010111110 1001111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of To Timarion;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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