This is an analysis of the poem This that begins with:
This is what I most want
unpursued, alone...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bXaa baca Xcac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001111 10001 010101 111100 111011 110100 11011 1010101 011101 1011 011100 1011101 1110101 1101100 1110110101 1100100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of This;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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