This is an analysis of the poem Lotus that begins with:
On the day when the lotus bloomed, alas, my mind was straying,
and I knew it not. My basket was empty and the flower remained unheeded. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa Xa XX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101010111110 11101110110101001010 10110101010111110101 111011001100011 111011110101010 1101010100101010010 1111101111011110 01101100010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 14
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, my, that, it are repeated.
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- summary of Lotus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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