This is an analysis of the poem Crystal Moment that begins with:
Once or twice this side of death
Things can make one hold his breath....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb cc dd ee ff gg hh hh dd Xd ii jjXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1110101 1111101 01111010 010100010 01010101 01100101 01111101 01010111 0011101 11010101 11010101 0011101 11010100 1110101 11110101 111100101 11010111 01011101 0010111 11110111 111111110 1010111 01010101 11011101 1110101 11011101 11101110 110100010
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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 Crystal Moment;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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