This is an analysis of the poem 20 The Khan's Canticles that begins with:

I'll dress it in white like the angels
That wait for my darling above. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX X aXa X XX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,3,1,2,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011010 11111001 1110111110 01001001 1010010010 0101110101 1011110010 01101011 011010010 101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 57
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of 20 The Khan's Canticles;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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