This is an analysis of the poem The Transfiguration that begins with:

Immortal clothing I put on
So soon as, Julia, I am gone... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb bXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 11110111 0101010 11110101 11010001 11111001 11011111 01100100 11101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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 The Transfiguration;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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