This is an analysis of the poem Every Church Sings Its Own Soft Part that begins with:

Every church sings its own soft part
In the polyphony of a girl's choir,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb baXc XXcd dXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100110111 00010000110 10011000010 111111 00111011110 101010001001 01010001001101 0101010111010 000110011 0110101000111 010100100 1001010011 011010011 010101101 1010010100 10110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • history of its creation;
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