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

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Like a gondola of green scented fruits ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbcX X bdXe X acfe X XdXfX a cfX aXccfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,5,1,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1001001101 10010101010 111001 11000110010 1 0111 110101100 11111011 1001001 1 011010011 101101010 00101011 11011010 1 01111010010 110010 11011010011 110101 11111110 1 011111010 11010111 110101100 1 010101110 0110101 111111001111010010 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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