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

PRELUDE TO 'ILLUSTRATED POEMS'
FULL well I know the frozen hand has come... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaa bbb ccc bbb ddd aaa ddd eee fff bbbXbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010001 1111010111 11001011101 1111010100 1111110011 1011110101 1101010101 01010101001 1101011101 1101011111 1101011101 01010100111 0101010001 11000100101 1111010101 1011000101 1101000101 0101010101 11110000101 0111010101 1101010101 1101110101 1111110101 0101010101 01010010101 1111110101 01011011101 1101110101 010111001 10110101101 01111111001 1101110101 1101110101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • 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 Ave;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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