This is an analysis of the poem Fuji In A Saucer: The Poem that begins with:

Through tannic steam I catch a glimpse of Fuji:
Against a yellow sky volcanic gold...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddcdcXece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011101010 0101010101 01010101010 0101010001 0111011101 1111110101 1111111001 1101111111 01010010100 1111010101 1101011111 01000101001 11110101010 1101011101 1111010101 0101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 708
  • Average number of words per stanza: 125
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Fuji In A Saucer: The Poem;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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