This is an analysis of the poem Eve that begins with:

Simply she stands at the cathedral’s
great ascent, close to the rose window,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bXbX cXa cXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101110010 101100110 001000101 10101111 00101110 1101001000 101111101 0101011011 1101010011 11110100100 1101000100 111101010 1101010101 111111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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