This is an analysis of the poem Your Poem that begins with:

My poem may be yours indeed
In melody and tone,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb dcdceded XfXfegeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 010011 00010111 010011 00011111 110001 11110101 1111 01010101 111111 01010101 111101 11010101 101111 11111111 1111 10010111 010111 01010100 111111 11010101 0100011 11010101 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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

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  • summary of Your Poem;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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