This is an analysis of the poem Rock And Hawk that begins with:

Here is a symbol in which
Many high tragic thoughts...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaX bXX XXc XXd abX Xcd eeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001 101101 1111 011101 10101010 1111 11111000 11001101 01011 1110110 0100101 101101 1011011 11001010 100000 1011010 10111 100010 101001 1101011 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Rock And Hawk;
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