This is an analysis of the poem A Boundless Moment that begins with:

He halted in the wind, and - what was that
Far in the maples, pale, but not a ghost? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcXc bXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100011111 1001011101 1111010101 1111000101 1101010111 11001101110 1110100101 111000111 1101010011 11110101100 1111011111 0111000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

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  • summary of A Boundless Moment;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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