This is an analysis of the poem Alice that begins with:
KNOW you, winds that blow your course
Down the verdant valleys,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaaccdbdaeefafadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 101010 1111101 101010 1010111 1010101 1010111 101010 1000101 101010 10111001 0101111 1010101 011110 1011101 101010 0010101 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 524
- Average number of words per stanza: 94
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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 Alice;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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