This is an analysis of the poem For Saundra that begins with:
I wanted to write
a poem ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdX XaacabXXdaXe fbdd efaGef XcG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,12,4,6,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001 010 11 11010101 010010 1110 1111 111101 110111 111 1101001110 10110 01010 101011110 011 11111 0010 111101 11011110 110111 11111010 11101 100101 101101 11 1111 11110101 01111010 1 11
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (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 For Saundra;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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