This is an analysis of the poem A Song that begins with:
I had wanted a quiet testament
and I had wanted, among other things,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXdeaaX ca C edba C aX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,2,1,4,1,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110010100 1111001101 01 1100 0010100 01 10101010 010011 11111011 111110 1111110110110 01 10101110001 10100 1010101000 00110010 01 1110110 01
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 19
- 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 A Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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