This is an analysis of the poem Narcissus that begins with:
Encircled by her arms as by a shell,
she hears her being murmur,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcX aXbc cXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101011101 1101010 1010101 011001110 1001001010 1011001 1010011010 0111101010 000101010110 011101001001 1101100100 10101001010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of Narcissus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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