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

Sisters - Heaviness and Tenderness- you look the same.
Wasps and bees both suck the heavy rose....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dadc Xede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010011001101 111110101 111011101 1011011010111 11001001100 0100010110111 11110101010 1011011101 11010110110 0111110101 10010101000110 010100110000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Sisters;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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