This is an analysis of the poem Lady On A Balcony that begins with:

Suddenly she steps, wrapped into the wind,
brightly into brightness, as if singled out,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaab Xcbd Xacd X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1001110001 10001010101 110111101 010101 101010101 1101011010 111010101 0111111010 111010001 101000101 1011101010 00100011101 0101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Lady On A Balcony;
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  • history of its creation;
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