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

I’ll weep to you about
My landlord, and with...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcXdd becebXa XXd e XXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,3,1,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 11110 10110 10101 01100101 10111010 111101001 1101 11101 110111 1010001 0101001 101100100 111010111 1111 101101 01111 1 11110010 10101 101110 0001010000 110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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