This is an analysis of the poem Afternoon Of Circus And Citadel that begins with:

In Brest, before the Fire-Hoops burning,
In the Tent, where Tigers sprang,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaX XXbX XXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010110 0011101 11111110 1111100 01110010 0111001 01111010 101110 110100 00101 01111 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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 Afternoon Of Circus And Citadel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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