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

Lonely, save for a few faint stars, the sky
Dreams; and lonely, below, the little street... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcacbcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011101 1110010101 00010101011 10011100101 1101111101 001010100110 01101101101001 1101011111 10110111101 01010100101 101010111 11101000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 550
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Little Dancers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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