This is an analysis of the poem Lover's Gifts Xl: A Message Came that begins with:

A message came from my youth of vanished days, saying, " I wait for
you among the quivering of unborn May, where smiles ripen for tears...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010110101101111 10101000111111011 110101100 011001010111011 010111111010 10010111100101111 1101101011001010 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 456
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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