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

The winter apples have been picked, the garden turned.
Rain and wind have picked the maple leaves and gone....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXcXbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010101010101 11111010111 010011011101 11101011101 1111100100101 111101010101 010001010100 1111101100111 110101011111 011101000101 101110011111 100101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have, not are repeated.

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

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