This is an analysis of the poem Balances that begins with:
In life
one is always...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xab aa ccX dX ed bb dc f beefX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,2,2,2,2,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01 1011 100 1110110 01110 1110 01010 1001011100 1101 0111 11110 101010101 110110100 011001110 110111 11101010 1110 100100010 010 0100100 0101 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 53
- Average number of words per stanza: 10
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- 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 Balances;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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