This is an analysis of the poem Soiled Hands that begins with:

AFTER everyone had left,
It was always so wonderful sitting in the dark theatre with you. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabXbbXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1010111 011111001000110001 110100010 110100101 11000100101 1101011001 10010101 1101011111100 111110111010 110110101 11111 111101011 1011101001 10110111100100 101101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 665
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; , would, and are repeated.

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

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