This is an analysis of the poem Little Tear-Vase that begins with:
Other vessels hold wine, other vessels hold oil
inside the hollowed-out vault circumscribed by their clay....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab abXcc Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011101011 0101011101111 1110101101001 101011111011111 1011010110010 11001111101 1 111011111010 11101111011 01011010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; made is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word made is repeated.
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- summary of Little Tear-Vase;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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