This is an analysis of the poem Song: One Hard Look that begins with:
Small gnats that fly
In hot July...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddXeea ffghhgXbbaffa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 0101 110101 1101 0101 010101 1111 1111 110111 1101 1111 110101 0101 0101 011111 1101 1101 110101 1101 0111 110100 1111 1101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Song: One Hard Look;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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