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

Interior of the hand. Sole that has come to walk
only on feelings. That faces upward...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcaXcXcXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0100001111101 1011011010 10010 011001110 0101 111010110 101 11011 10001001 1100101 1011110 00011 10101010 100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 395
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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