This is an analysis of the poem The Courtesan Chats that begins with:

Last night I met a passive man
With almost no curve to his face,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaXXdXXcXXbXdXXX XXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 01111001 1101001 1111010 00101 1011100 0101010101 110100011 101010101 1010101 100111 10101110 010101010 1110101 1011101 100100100 01011010 11110010 010111010 10101111 1010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 350
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of is repeated.

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  • summary of The Courtesan Chats;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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